Category Archives: Information

Smart Cities

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Michael Batty

This is the first book on ‘smart cities’. It is a deep and thoughtful critique, as well as an absorbing and personal account.  Anthony Townsend tells us how computers and their software and services are being embedded into cities, how we … Continue reading →

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Prix Vautrin-Lud 2013

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Michael Batty

I give my Prix Vautrin-Lud Lecture today at 2pm in Saint Die des Vosges where Vautrin Lud organised the production of the first map of America in 1507. This was named after Amerigo Vespucci, an early traveller to America who … Continue reading →

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ECCS 13 in Barcelona

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Michael Batty

Several of us from the Mechanicity and Eunoia Projects are embarked on an expedition to the European Conference on Complex Systems held this year in Barcelona. Tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday, we present in various satellite sessions devoted to Complexity-Net, our … Continue reading →

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