Category Archives: city size

Confronting Vulnerability and Violence in the Urban Century

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Michael Batty

Did you know that there were more murders in the US-Mexico border town Ciudad Juarez in 2010 than civilian deaths in the whole of Afghanistan – 3111 compared to 2421. Mike Batty gave a talk at this meeting which was organised … Continue reading →

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Sao Paulo, Brasil: Acessível para quem?

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Michael Batty

Joana Barros and Mike Batty write about their work on the BBC Brasil Web Site. Read their article here which is about how transport segregates people rather than linking them together in cities in Latin America such as Sao Paulo. This … Continue reading →

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20 years of quantitative geographical thinking

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Michael Batty

In 1996, Denise Pumain set up the online journal Cybergeo . When she first proposed this the web was in its infancy and I remember thinking that this was a very high-risk proposal in a world where the notion that we might … Continue reading →

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