Category Archives: Networks

Flow, Conflux

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Michael Batty

“The city is not only a community, it is a conflux. ….The real city, as a center of industry, is a conflux of streams of traffic; as a center of culture, it is conflux of streams of thought.” So wrote … Continue reading →

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The Transformation of Tel Aviv

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Michael Batty

Tel Aviv is fast becoming an ever more powerful symbol of high tech. In the 1920s before the establishment of the Israeli state, it was famed for its rapid development in the Bauhaus style, and our predecessor at UCL Sir … Continue reading →

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China Rising: Beijing City Lab

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Michael Batty

A fascinating virtual lab pulling together research in urban science focussed on researchers from several Chinese universities and agencies in Beijing. From their site, they say “The Beijing City Lab (BCL) is a virtual research community, dedicated to studying, but … Continue reading →

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