An evolutionary theory for interpreting urban scaling laws

CyberGeo

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-20

  Pumain, Denise ^a   Paulus, Fabien ^b   Vacchiani Marcuzzo, Céline ^c   Lobo, Jose ^d  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UMR Géographie Cités   (France)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary theory; Innovation cycles; Scaling laws; Urban functions; Urban system

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPETITIVENESS; COMPLEXITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INNOVATION; LEARNING; URBAN SYSTEM;

EID: 33748799696     PISSN: 12783366     EISSN: 12783366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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