A novel, integrative approach to cities as complex adaptive systems, applicable to issues
ranging from innovation to economic prosperity to settlement patterns. Human beings …

There is a scientific consensus on the need for spatially detailed information on urban
landscapes at a global scale. These data can support a range of environmental services …

Urban scaling is a framework that describes how city-level characteristics scale with
variations in city size. This scoping review mapped the existing evidence on the urban …

Current research on the surface urban heat island (SUHI) effect rarely address the
discussion of what exactly is the 'island'of urban surface thermal environment. Given this …

Understanding the scaling characteristics in China is critical for perceiving the development
process of rapidly urbanising countries. This paper conducts a comprehensive scaling …

By 2050, the world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion, almost 90% of which will live
in urban areas. With such a fast growth in population and urbanization, it is anticipated that …

Urban scaling laws assume that the performance of a city largely relies on its urban
population size. However, two cities with the same population size may have vastly different …

Analyzing urban scaling relations can help predict the future development of cities and
derive scale adjusted metropolitan indicators (SAMIs) to characterize the city's performance …

Managing complex cities for sustainability requires coordinated development of different
urban functions. Urban scaling theory provides a quantitative framework to explore the …

The growth of complex populations, such as microbial communities, forests, and cities,
occurs over vastly different spatial and temporal scales. Although research in different fields …