Statistics and Dynamics of Urban Populations: Empirical Results and Theoretical Approaches

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Marc Barthelemy (Universite Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Physique Theorique) Vincent Verbavatz (Universite Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Physique Theorique)

Statistics and Dynamics of Urban Populations

Empirical Results and Theoretical Approaches

Marc Barthelemy (Universite Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Physique Theorique), Vincent Verbavatz (Universite Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Physique Theorique)

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Oxford University Press
14 March 2024

Urban communities; Population & demography; Applied mathematics; Human geography; Urban & municipal planning

Urbanization is a fundamental process in human history and is increasingly affecting our environment and society. Although cities have existed for centuries, describing and controlling urbanization has always been difficult and still is: cities are continuously changing over time in a non-homogeneous fashion that has puzzled historians, geographers, philosophers, economists, urbanists, engineers, mathematicians and physicists. In particular, one of the most debated issues of urban studies has been the question of urban population growth. How do cities appear and disappear, grow or decline? Why do we observe a hierarchy of cities from small to large and not a typical city size ? These questions are not only relevant for census purposes. The population size of the city is an important determinant for most of urban issues: land management, congestion, public transport planning, economic growth, innovation incentives, food and good supply and climate-change adaptation. A sound understanding of population growth processes is an inescapable path for a good monitoring of city planning.

This book describes all aspects of quantitative approaches to urban population growth, ranging from measures and empirical results to the mathematical description of their evolution. It will be of interest to researchers working on quantitative aspect of cities and from many different disciplines such as quantitative geography, spatial economics, geomatics, urbanism and transportation, physics, or applied mathematics. This book will also be of interest to graduate students and researchers entering the field or interested in quantitative studies of urban systems.

By: Marc Barthelemy (Universite Paris-Saclay CNRS CEA Institut de Physique Theorique), Vincent Verbavatz (Universite Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA, Institut de Physique Theorique)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780192867544
ISBN 10: 0192867547
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 14 March 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Marc Barthelemy is a former student of the École Normale Superieure of Paris and graduated at the University of Paris with a thesis in theoretical physics. His research focuses on complex systems with an emphasis on cities and networks. MB is research director at the Institute of Theoretical Physics (CEA) in Saclay and a member of the Center of Social Analysis and Mathematics (CAMS) at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). Dr Vincent Verbavatz is a former student of the École polytechnique and graduated at the University of Paris-Saclay with a thesis in statistical physics. His research focuses the modelling of cities, notably of the modelling of urban growth. VV is an associate researcher at Institut des systèmes complexes de Paris Île-de-France.