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Universal patterns in cities and new data sources

Can we describe cities with mathematical laws? Tobias Preis explains how new data sources allow us to quantify cities around the world.

Can we describe cities with mathematical laws?

Watch this video for an introduction to the mathematics of cities, and an overview of how new data sources allowing us to quantify cities are becoming available around the world.

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