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20092021
most citedConstructing cities, deconstructing scaling laws

438 citations · 905 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

q-bio.PE2021★ 3 cited

Coupled Contagion: A Two-Fears Epidemic Model

Joshua M. Epstein, Erez Hatna, Jennifer Crodelle

We present a differential equations model in which contagious disease transmission is affected by contagious fear of the disease and contagious fear of the control, in this case va…

physics.soc-ph2019

Evidence for localization and urbanization economies in urban scaling

Somwrita Sarkar, Elsa Arcaute, Erez Hatna +3

We study the scaling of (i) numbers of workers and aggregate incomes by occupational categories against city size, and (ii) total incomes against numbers of workers in different oc…

physics.soc-ph2017

Superlinear scaling in the urban system of England of Wales. A comparison with US cities

Erez Hatna

According to the theory of urban scaling, urban indicators scale with city size in a predictable fashion. In particular, indicators of social and economic productivity are expected…

physics.soc-ph2016★ 94 cited

Defining urban agglomerations to detect agglomeration economies

Clementine Cottineau, Olivier Finance, Erez Hatna +2

Agglomeration economies are a persistent subject of debate among economists and urban planners. Their definition turns on whether or not larger cities and regions are more efficien…

physics.soc-ph2015★ 240 cited

Paradoxical Interpretations of Urban Scaling Laws

Clementine Cottineau, Erez Hatna, Elsa Arcaute +1

Scaling laws are powerful summaries of the variations of urban attributes with city size. However, the validity of their universal meaning for cities is hampered by the observation…

physics.soc-ph2015★ 124 cited

Cities and Regions in Britain through hierarchical percolation

Elsa Arcaute, Carlos Molinero, Erez Hatna +4

Urban systems present hierarchical structures at many different scales. These are observed as administrative regional delimitations which are the outcome of complex geographical, p…