Category Archives: Information

China Rising? Empty Cities, Ghost Towns

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Michael Batty

My current editorial in Environment and Planning B tracks the massive investments in infrastructure in China which have taken place since the Great Recession of 2007-2008. One of the key features of contemporary economic systems is their volatility with respect … Continue reading →

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Smart Cities — Antoine Picon

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Michael Batty

Neat, crisp informative book by Antoine Picon in the AD Primer Series. Gives myself, James Cheshire and Joan Serras a mention too on transit in London and the science of cities but the book is valuable as a quick but meaty … Continue reading →

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Redefining Big Data, Recasting Small

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Michael Batty

Giving two lectures by video at the E-Life Congress in Athens on November 6th and at the ITF-OECD Roundtable on 21st Century Public Interest Data Sharing on November 9 in Paris. The lectures are more or less the same and mirror that … Continue reading →

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