urban mobility scaling: lessons from 'little data
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Urban Mobility Scaling:Lessons from 'Little Data':
Developing a Science of Cities
Galen J. Wilkerson
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Motivation
Science of cities:
Un(erstan(ing ma%or factors) statistical la&s of!o& people c!oose to live toget!er.
*specially) scaling an( salient parameters an(t!eir relations!ips:
Scaling + scale#invariant system p!enomenon
*.g. ,op-lation) area) (ensity patterns) energy
availabilty) transportation mo(e s!are/erke!rsmittelanteil0) c-lt-ral parameters
S-stainability
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Motivation
1n or(er to (evelop science of cities) $igMobility0 Data is very interesting an( -sef-l2
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el-ci(ate c!allenges of t!ese ne& (ata so-rces
give some compelling preliminary res-lts fromconventional (ata.
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4-r preliminary fin(ings
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Mobility scaling confirms previo-s res-lts
Distance vs. intervening opport-nity mec!anisms) someres-lts
ime matters + aggregation is (angero-s
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$atty) Mic!ael. Cities an( comple5ity: -n(erstan(ing cities &it! cell-lar a-tomata) agent#base( mo(els) an( fractals.!e M1 press) 88>.
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