Complexity, the science of cities and long-range futures

Futures

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-58

  Samet, Robert H ^a  

^a The Limes   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEXITY; MEGACITY; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84873297056     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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