Luís M.A. Bettencourt

University of Chicago

1101 East 58th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

Santa Fe Institute

1399 Hyde Park Road

Santa Fe, NM 87501

United States

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Scholarly Papers (9)

1.

Complex Networks and Fundamental Urban Processes

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper No. 8
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
Luís M.A. Bettencourt
University of Chicago
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Division of Labor, Knowledge, Epidemics, Infrastructure, Migration, Demography

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Human Development in US Cities and Neighborhoods

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper 31
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Nov 2021
Suraj Sheth and Luís M.A. Bettencourt
University of Chicago - Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and University of Chicago
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communities, sustainability, capabilities, inequality, urbanization

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Streetview Imaging for Automated Assessments of Urban Infrastructure and Services

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper No. 2
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 01 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
Daniel Zünd and Luís M.A. Bettencourt
University of Chicago and University of Chicago
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Why the Internet Must Become More Like a City

The Crisis of Democracy in the Age of Cities, Edward Elgar Publishing. Ed. Juval Portugali, Forthcoming, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper 29
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2022
Luís M.A. Bettencourt
University of Chicago
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Complex Networks, Multi-Level Selection, Urban Science, Media Studies, Economics of Information, Institutions, Development, Technology and Society, Evolution

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Growth and Urban Development in Prefecture-Level China

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper No. 1. This paper has been published in PLoS ONE: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0221017
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2020
Daniel Zünd and Luís M.A. Bettencourt
University of Chicago and University of Chicago
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urban scaling, Hukou system, population estimation, economic change, scale invariant metropolitan indicators, prefecture-level cities, Chinese transformation

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Neighborhood Street Activity and Greenspace Usage Uniquely Contribute to Predicting Crime

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper No. 16
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2021
Department of Psychology, University of Chicago / Center for Data and Computing, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago and University of Chicago - Department of Psychology
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Crime, Environment, Neighborhoods, Greenspace, Street Activity

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Beyond the Single-Family Home: Zoning, Equity, and Access

The Kreisman Initiative on Housing Law and Policy Symposium
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 08 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2024
Luís M.A. Bettencourt and Emily Talen
University of Chicago and University of Chicago
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Economic Geography and the Scaling of Urban and Regional Income in India

Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 01 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Anand Sahasranaman and Luís M.A. Bettencourt
Imperial College London - Department of Mathematics and University of Chicago
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Urban Economies, Regional Development, Income, GDP, Districts, Urban Agglomeration, Cities, India

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Urban Geography and Scaling of Contemporary Indian Cities

Journal of the Royal Society Interface, March 2019, Volume 16, Issue 152 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsif.2018.0758, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation Research Paper No. 4.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 01 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Anand Sahasranaman and Luís M.A. Bettencourt
Imperial College London - Department of Mathematics and University of Chicago
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Urban Development, Density, Innovation, Patents, Crime, Homicide, Infrastructure, Urban Agglomeration, Cities