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Inventing Future Cities

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Michael Batty

If you wish to purchase a copy, see panel on right We cannot predict future cities, but we can invent them. Cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems that are more like organisms than machines. Neither the laws … Continue reading →

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Data-Driven Urban Dynamics at ORNL

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Michael Batty

Visited the Urban Dynamics Institute (UDI) headed up Budhendra Bhaduri (Budhu) which is a rapidly growing effort in data-driven technologies applicable to cities. This group which is based at Oakridge National Labs which began life in the war years as part of … Continue reading →

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Data and the City

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Michael Batty

A new book on data and big data in the city edited by Rob Kitchin, Tracey P. Lauriault, Gavin McArdle from Routledge. Lot of very interesting material here on the data revolution in cities. Smart cities concepts are explained and critiqued … Continue reading →

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