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Conflict, mobility and fragmentation in the African interurban network
Andrew Renninger, Valentina Marin, Carmen Cabrera +1
The paper analyzes how violent conflict along African interurban roads reduces bilateral migration and can fragment the road network, using self‑exciting Hawkes models and cascade/…
An Agent-Based Model for Migration Decision-Making Under Higher Frequency of Extreme Climate Events
Valentina Antonaccio Guedes, Rafael Prieto-Curiel
This paper develops an agent-based model of climate-related human migration that links repeated environmental shocks to individual migration decision-making through the joint evolu…
Scaling and Population Loss in Mexican Urban Centres
Gonzalo G. Peraza-Mues, Eugen Resendiz, Rodolfo Figueroa-Soriano +2
Despite its pervasive implications, many cities worldwide continue to expand in a fragmented, horizontal manner. We analyse urban growth dynamics in 69 Mexican metropolitan areas f…
Observing cities as a complex system
Rafael Prieto-Curiel
Cities are some of the most intricate and advanced creations of humanity. Most objects in cities are perfectly synchronised to coordinate activities such as jobs, education, transp…
Who burdens the welfare state? Migration and ageing in housing, education, and healthcare demand
Guillermo Prieto-Viertel, Carsten Källner, Elma Dervic +3
Political discourse attributes the pressure on European welfare systems to foreign nationals. Yet projections of service demand rarely disaggregate service demand by citizenship st…
Why Locking Up Cartel Members Does not Work
Rafael Prieto-Curiel
One of the core strategies to reduce cartel violence is by directly targeting members with law enforcement. Whether targeting leaders, disrupting parts of the organisation, or inca…