Science of Cities: a statistical physics perspective
| When |
Mar 13, 2023
from 11:00 to 12:00 |
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| Where | Amphi B |
| Attendees |
Marc Barthélémy |
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Modelling the structure and evolution of cities is critical because policy makers need robust theories and new paradigms for mitigating various important problems such as air pollution, congestion, socio-spatial inequalities, etc. Fortunately, the increased data available about urban systems opens the possibility of constructing a quantitative ‘science of cities’ with the aim of identifying and modelling essential phenomena. Statistical physics plays a major role in this effort by bringing tools and concepts able to bridge theory and empirical results. In this talk, I will illustrate this approach on the important problem of the statistics and dynamics of urban populations. If time allows, I will end this talk by presenting some challenges for this science of cities.