Why are large cities faster? Universal scaling and self-similarity in urban organization and dynamics

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-293

  Bettencourt, L M A ^a,c   Lobo, J ^b   West, G B ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROSS TIME; CHINESE CITIES; DYNAMICAL MODELING; ECONOMIES-OF-SCALE; EUROPEAN; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; LARGE CITIES; LARGE DATA SETS; NEW IDEAS; POWER LAWS; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; SCALING RELATIONS; SELF SIMILARITIES; SOCIAL DYNAMICS; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; UNIVERSAL SCALING; URBAN SYSTEMS; URBAN-POPULATION;

DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 49249103871     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: 14346036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00250-6     Document Type: Article

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