The New Science of Cities

by Michael Batty

Book Overview

A proposal for a new way to understand cities and their design not as artifacts but as systems composed of flows and networks.

In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that to understand cities we must view them not simply as places in space but as systems of networks and flows. To understand space, he argues, we must understand flows, and to understand flows, we must understand networks--the relations between objects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262019523
• ISBN13: 9780262019521
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher