Complex Systems of Cities

Tracking the scaling of urban open spaces in China from 1990 to 2020
Urban open spaces (UOS) are crucial for urban life, offering benefits across individual and societal levels. However, the understanding …
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Settlement scaling law reveals population-land tensions in 7000+ African urban agglomerations
Allometric urban scaling law quantifies disproportional relationships between urban indicators and city size, which has been reported …
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Effects of local, network and systemic dependence on urban development
Identifying the driving factors of urban development and revealing its growth path is an important step toward better understanding the …
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Scaling of urban economic outputs: insights both from urban population size and population mobility
Urban scaling laws assume that the performance of a city largely relies on its urban population size. However, two cities with the same …
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Assessment of multidimensional performance for Chinese cities based on urban scaling law (in Chinese)
“城市标度律”(urban scaling laws)揭示了城市系统中城市人口和城市要素间普遍存在的非线性规模缩放关系,但目前大多数城市评价忽视了这种关系,常使用人均指标比较不同规模的城市,这会导致评价结果偏差。为此,考虑城市人口和城市要素间的非 …
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Scaling laws in intra-urban systems and over time at the district level in Shanghai, China
Numerous urban indicators scale with urban population in a system of cities. However, whether the scaling law also exists in an …
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Scaling laws in intra-urban systems and over time at the district level in Shanghai, China
Assessment of urban land use efficiency in China: A perspective of scaling law
In the context of urbanization and sustainable development, efficient urban land use is essential, especially in China, the world’s …
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Assessment of urban land use efficiency in China: A perspective of scaling law