New Science of Cities

Name: New Science of Cities
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ISBN: 9780262019521

ISBN-10: 0262019523

ISBN-13: 9780262019521

Edition: 2013

Authors: Michael Batty

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In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that tounderstand cities we must view them not simply as places in space but as systems of networks andflows. To understand space, he argues, we must understand flows, and to understand flows, we mustunderstand networks -- the relations between objects that comprise the system of the city. Drawingon the complexity sciences, social physics, urban economics, transportation theory, regionalscience, and urban geography, and building on his own previous work, Batty introduces theories andmethods that reveal the deep structure of how cities function.Batty presents thefoundations of a new science of cities, defining flows and their networks and…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 11/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English