Acknowledgement
The authors thank “Andrea Caragliu”, “Ana Maria Fuertes” and “Soushi Suzuki”, and session participants who provided useful insights at the special session on “The New Urban World” at the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Conference in Barcelona (August 2011).
Notes
Geoffrey West in his talk from TEDGlobal in July 2011, available at http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations.html. See also an article from The Economist 23 June 2012 on “The laws of the city”, available at http://www.economist.com/node/21557313