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Spatial Selection and the Multiscale Dynamics of Urban Change
Jordan T Kemp, Laura Fürsich, Luís M A Bettencourt +1
Growth is a multi-layered phenomenon in human societies, composed of socioeconomic and demographic change at many different scales. Yet, standard macroeconomic indicators average o…
Decoding the city: multiscale spatial information of urban income
Luís M. A. Bettencourt, Ivanna Rodriguez, Jordan T. Kemp +1
Cities are characterized by the coexistence of general aggregate patterns, along with many local variations. This poses challenges for analyses of urban phenomena, which tend to be…
Redefining Fitness: Inference, Information and Phase Transitions in Evolutionary Dynamics
Luís MA Bettencourt, Brandon J Grandison, Jordan T Kemp
Evolution is the adaptation of populations to their environment expressed through the concept of fitness. Darwin did not define fitness but described evolution as the higher preval…
Winding Number Correlation Functions and Cosmic String Formation
L. M. A. Bettencourt, T. S. Evans, R. J. Rivers
We develop winding number correlation functions that allow us to assess the role of field fluctuations on vortex formation in an Abelian gauge theory. We compute the behavior of th…