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Luis Bettencourt on The Science of Cities

COMPLEXITY

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Building Public Services in a Poor Neighborhood

In poor places, people are the infro structure. So basically they're disabled from being social economic creative agents. Having choice in those connections such that they can be creative ad they can be a tripenerial is what creates good cities. It's very hard, usually, for a poor community to build streets and sanitation and reduce violence by themselves. And that usually takes institutional interventions and public services.

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