Study of ancient cities can offer lessons for today
January 6, 2021
York, England, was founded by the Romans in A.D. 71. At about A.D. 200, the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan was the biggest city in the world. And Phoenix was settled in 1867. What do they all have in common? A lot more than you would think, according to a recent paper authored by two Arizona State University scientists and their colleague.
Sustainability scientist Jose Lobo was a co-author of a recent paper, Cities: Complexity, theory and history, published in December in PLOS One.
Read more about the work in ASU Now. The abstract follows.