Urban scaling and its deviations: revealing the structure of wealth, innovation and crime across cities.

With urban population increasing dramatically worldwide, cities are playing an increasingly critical role in human societies and the sustainability of the planet. An obstacle to effective policy is the lack of meaningful urban metrics based on a quantitative understanding of cities. Typically, linea...

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Main Authors: Luís M A Bettencourt, José Lobo, Deborah Strumsky, Geoffrey B West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2978092?pdf=render