Category Archives: Information

The Age of the Smart City

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Michael Batty

In this paper (downloadable here), I argue that the smart cities movement is simply the latest stage in the massive dissemination of digital computation that began with its invention some 70 or more years ago. In fact, the key thesis … Continue reading →

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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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