Scale-adjusted metrics for predicting the evolution of urban indicators and quantifying the performance of cities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Alves, Luiz G A ^a,b   Mendes, Renio S ^a,b   Lenzi, Ervin K ^a,b,c   Ribeiro, Haroldo V ^a,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; CHILD LABOR; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EVOLUTION; FAMILY INCOME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; CITIES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84944754889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134862     Document Type: Article

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