Scientists Develop Software That Can Radically Change City Planning Worldwide. And Is Free
Friday, August 17, 2012 - 15:00
in Mathematics & Economics
A team of Portuguese researchers have developed amathematical tool that can classify any region in the world according to itspattern 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, is represents a major step towards a new typeto city planning, objective but most importantly, independent of personal visions, interestsand politics. read more