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#819 Geoffrey West - Scale; Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies

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The Role of Cities in the Future of the Planet

The planet is now more than 50% urbanized and heading towards, I don't know what it'll be between at least 70% or maybe 80% urbanized. We're adding the equivalent to a new metropolitan area of order 50 million people every few months. And all of that urbanization is taking place on top of fossil fuels. So developing a science of city is becoming a matter of some urgency in order to understand how we got here.

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