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Urban scaling laws

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  • Diego Rybski

    (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany)

  • Elsa Arcaute
  • Michael Batty

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  • Diego Rybski & Elsa Arcaute & Michael Batty, 2019. "Urban scaling laws," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 46(9), pages 1605-1610, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:46:y:2019:i:9:p:1605-1610
    DOI: 10.1177/2399808319886125
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    5. Shreevastava, Anamika & Rao, P. Suresh C. & McGrath, Gavan, 2019. "Emergent self-similarity and scaling properties of fractal intra-Urban Heat Islets for diverse global cities," Earth Arxiv t9s3g, Center for Open Science.
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