SUBLINEAR SCALING. “It means a city with a large population needs only ~80% as many roads, power lines, and gas stations per person as a city half its size. The second, “superlinear scaling,” applies to outputs of socioeconomic activity. It means a large city produces ~120% more wealth, patents, crime, pollution, and disease per person than a city half its size.”
https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/researchers-reveal-cloud-geometry-behind-city-scaling
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022