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Understanding Cities - Part 2
Simplifying Complexity
Exploring Urban Wealth and Scaling Laws
This chapter examines West's law and its significance in understanding agglomeration economies in cities, highlighting how larger urban areas generally achieve greater wealth per capita. It connects the scaling relationships seen in biology with urban economic growth, emphasizing the fractal characteristics of these systems and the insights of notable economists in complexity theory.
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