Posts on urban data science

2020

13 minute read

Did you know that a surprisingly small number of taxi vehicles is enough to cover a large portion of a city?

15 minute read

Did hierarchical institutions suppress urban social and economic interactions in medieval cities?

12 minute read

Imagine that the coronavirus epidemic breaks out at a random location in the city. How will it spread? What can be done to contain it?

11 minute read

What will happen when swarms of drones flood our cities and why should urban planners care?

6 minute read

A short note on the implications of current AI paradigms on the future of urban planning.

8 minute read

Note on how the Gini coefficient is agnostic to space and how to fix it.