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Innovation is the lifeblood of cities, enabling them to thrive and evolve.

From Scale by Geoffrey West

Epidemics reveal the hidden structures of our cities.

From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

Cities, like organisms, exhibit universal patterns that govern their growth and behavior.
Cities are a manifestation of scale, and they become more complex as they grow.

From Scale by Geoffrey West

Understanding these scaling laws can help us design better cities and companies.
Innovation is critical for the survival of cities and companies alike.
Cities are the greatest inventions of humanity, and they obey the same laws as organisms.
Biological systems follow the same scaling laws as cities and companies.

From Scale by Geoffrey West

Networks, like cities, thrive on the diversity of their components.

From Scale by Geoffrey West

The energy consumption of a city scales with its population raised to the three-quarters power.
To understand a city, one must understand the movement of its people.

From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

The design of our cities can have a direct impact on public health.

From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

To understand cities, we must look at them as living organisms that evolve over time.
The future of cities depends on our ability to adapt and innovate.

From Scale by Geoffrey West