In Urbanite Baltimore, SFI Professors Geoffrey West and Luis Bettencourt discuss their nascent theory of cities, indicators of urban health and ideas for improving it, and Baltimore’s place in the metropolitan spectrum.
Cities apply economies of scale to everyday living, West points out, and such massively condensed social clusters magnify elements of human nature, from violent crime to exceptional innovation.
"The only way to deal with the problems cities present us with is to make better cities," says West. "And the only way to ensure their health is to make sure they keep growing."
Read the article (December 30, 2011)