Why Bigger Cities Are Greener Cities http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/04/why-bigger-cities-are-greener/863/ The Economic Productivity of Urban Areas: Disentangling General Scale Effects from Local Exceptionability http://www.santafe.edu/media/workingpapers/11-09-046.pdf Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/casa SENSEable City...

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Throughout his long life, Lewis Mumford wore multiple hats, including those of a prolific author, accomplished chronicler of urbanism, and social critic. In 1988, a group of scholars from the University of Albany visited Mumford and his wife to discuss a plan for an academic center whose work would be both "comparative and historical in scope." The fruits of this initial idea became the Lewis...

In terms of human settlement patterns, the world's population is undeniably becoming more and more urbanized. By 2008, over half of the world's population will be living in urban areas, and by 2030, it is estimated that 5 billion people will live in urbanized areas. This is but one of the aspects of the world's population that is discussed within the interactive pages of the 2007 State of World...