Category Archives: Big Data

City 1.0, City 2.0, City n.0 … City t

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Michael Batty

A major problem in understanding contemporary (and future) cities is the fact that they ‘appear’ to be changing faster than we can keep up. Our theories which were culled in the last half century about how cities are spatially organised … Continue reading →

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Science and the City

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Michael Batty

Amazingly as far back as January 1967, we were quite literally talking about ‘a science of cities’, using the cliche. Jennifer Light’s book From Warfare to Welfare published in 2003 recounts the optimism of the 1960s in which many believed … Continue reading →

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China Rising: Beijing City Lab

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Michael Batty

A fascinating virtual lab pulling together research in urban science focussed on researchers from several Chinese universities and agencies in Beijing. From their site, they say “The Beijing City Lab (BCL) is a virtual research community, dedicated to studying, but … Continue reading →

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