Urban scaling and the dynamics of individual cities

arXiv:2603.30021 · physics.soc-ph, cond-mat.dis-nn, cond-mat.stat-mech · Submitted 2026-03-31 · Read on arXiv

physics.soc-ph, cond-mat.dis-nn, cond-mat.stat-mech

Submitted: 2026-03-31

Updated: 2026-10-26

Terminology

• Scaling Laws — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Superlinear Scaling — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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