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physics.soc-ph2021
Mathematical models to explain the origin of urban scaling laws: a synthetic review
Fabiano L. Ribeiro, Diego Rybski
The quest for a theory of cities that could offer a quantitative and systematic approach to manage cities is at the top priority, given the challenges humanity faces due to the inc…
physics.soc-ph2021★ 3 cited
Zipf's law and urban scaling: Hypotheses towards a Unified Urban Theory
Fabiano L. Ribeiro, Jose Lobo, Diego Rybski
We propose hypotheses describing the empirical finding of an association between the exponents of urban GDP scaling and Zipf's law for cities. These hypotheses represent various co…
q-bio.OT2021★ 1 cited
A Gentle Introduction to Scaling Laws in Biological Systems
Fabiano L. Ribeiro, William R. L. S. Pereira
This paper investigates the role of size in biological organisms. More specifically, how the energy demand, expressed by the metabolic rate, changes according to the mass of an org…