Author Archives: Michael Batty
Mechanicity: Future Cities
My European Research Council (ERC) grant comes to an end in 3 months time. You can hear me talk about the project courtesy of an ERC podcast by clicking here but in this post I will tell you what the project … Continue reading
Posted in allometry, Complexity, Flows, Fractals, Hierarchy, Networks, power laws
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Data and the City
The Programmable City Project is holding a meeting on Data and the City in Maynooth from August 31- September 1st. You can get Rob Kitchin’s and Mike Batty’s papers from this blog but the programme is diverse and the Project … Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Flows, Interactions, Smart Cities, Transport Models
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Optimal Cities, Ideal Cities
Ideal Cities, such as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mile High Tower The Illinois (pictured here), and Le Corbusier’s City of Tomorrow have fallen out of fashion in recent years. But the rise of the smart city and the notion of the instrumented … Continue reading
Posted in city size, Economies of scale, Hierarchy, rank size
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