【開講】 Ideas@Davos | Urbanization | Geoffrey West 都市化現象

Geoffrey West 乃一理論物理學家, 他將全世界的主要都市的

各項數据繪製成圖形後, 發現都市人口每增加 50%, 每位市民

的消費選擇性可增 15%, 如餐館數, 畫廊數, 公車路線長度,

商業空間每平呎月租價格等等; 而這個參數可說是個常數; 

大概是人類喜聚集的一基因, 因而社會現象亦隨之反應; 

james

Geoffrey West

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_West

Scaling: The surprising mathematics of life and civilization

https://medium.com/sfi-30-foundations-frontiers/scaling-the-surprising-mathematics-of-life-and-civilization-49ee18640a8#.vs1shsxnd

Why Cities Keep Growing, Corporations and People Always Die, and Life Gets Faster

http://edge.org/conversation/geoffrey_west-why-cities-keep-growing-corporations-and-people-always-die-and-life-gets

Ideas@Davos | Urbanization |Geoffrey West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gjG9uYIw9k

A Physicist Solves the City

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/magazine/19Urban_West-t.html

Can cities break Geoffrey West’s laws of urban scaling?

http://theurbantechnologist.com/2012/07/23/can-cities-break-geoffrey-wests-laws-of-urban-scaling/

Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations

https://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyCY6mjWOPc

Playlist (11 talks) Math talks to blow your mind

https://www.ted.com/playlists/189/math_talks_to_blow_your_mind

Cities, scaling, & sustainability

http://www.santafe.edu/research/cities-scaling-and-sustainability/

How urbanization factored into Ebola's breakout

http://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2014/08/12/38812/how-urbanization-factored-into-ebola-s-breakout/

All you need to know about business in China

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/winning_in_emerging_markets/all_you_need_to_know_about_business_in_china

為什麼古代打仗奪政權，一定要先攻城？

http://photo.chinatimes.com/20151214003929-260812

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