New Free Software That Can Radically Change Urban Planning (versionB)

Friday, August 17, 2012 - 15:20 in Mathematics & Economics

A team of Portuguese researchers have developed a mathematical tool that can classify any region in the world according to its pattern of development into one of 5 types, each with specific characteristicsand predictable behaviours that call for different interventions and policymeasures. The discovery, just out  in Nature’s Scientific Reports,  represents a major step towards a new type to city planning - objective and, most importantly,  independent of personal visions, interests and politics. read more

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