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

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