Category Archives: Complexity

China Urban Development at UCL

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Michael Batty

Fulong Wu and his colleagues from the Bartlett School of Planning together with Peking University with several sponsors (see web site)  ran a great meeting Friday and Saturday 5-6 May in UCL which gathered together some 200 researchers and academics … Continue reading →

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Then and Now

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Michael Batty

In November 1986 I visited SunYatSen University and gave a public lecture about Urban Modelling. China was a very different world then, no cars, no computers, no email, barely functioning electricity. And of course it was before laptops, networks, hand-held … Continue reading →

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Cities and Civilization, and other classic reviews

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Michael Batty

This year is the 50th Anniversary of Regional Studies, the journal. Peter Hall was the first editor and my early years as a lecturer coincided with his stewardship of the journal and his role as Head of Department of Geography … Continue reading →

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