在城市中扩大规模的起源
1Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA. bettencourt@santafe.edu
概括
城市基于简单的本地原则而发展,为城市系统揭示了普遍的缩放规律. 该框架有助于通过测量城市效率来评估城市规划策略,不论城市规模如何.
科学领域:
- 城市研究 城市研究
- 复杂系统科学 复杂系统科学
- 空间分析 空间分析
背景情况:
- 从科学上理解城市并实际管理它们仍然具有挑战性,因为它们的复杂,相互依存的社会,经济,基础设施和空间方面.
- 城市存在于各种规模的复杂系统中,表现出类似但不断发展的形式.
研究的目的:
- 为了证明所有城市都根据一小组基本的,本地运行的原则而发展.
- 开发一个理论框架来预测平均城市物业.
- 建立适用于所有城市系统的通用缩放关系.
主要方法:
- 基于通用缩放关系的理论框架的开发.
- 经验验证使用来自全球数千个城市的数据.
- 分析城市效率作为社会经济产出与基础设施成本之间的平衡.
主要成果:
- 建立了一个通用的理论框架,预测城市的平均社会,空间和基础设施属性.
- 预测得到了证实,在世界各地的各种城市系统在不同的发展阶段.
- 发现城市效率措施与城市规模无关.
结论:
- 城市,尽管它们的复杂性,坚持基本的进化原则.
- 开发的缩放关系为理解和比较城市系统提供了科学基础.
- 城市效率指标为评估和指导城市规划策略提供了宝贵的工具.
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