Scaling laws and the modern city

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 382, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 643-649

  Isalgue, Antonio ^a   Coch, Helena ^a   Serra, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cities; Complex systems; Scaling laws; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; SCALING LAWS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN PLANNING;

CITIES; LIVING CONDITIONS; LIVING ORGANISMS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34250690368     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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