Madras Complexity Collective
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The Madras Complexity Collective aims to bring together thinkers, artists, and practitioners who engage in work that draws on notions of diversity, interaction, and emergence.
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3/ What is happening to the density of living in Chinese cities over time?
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Density of living in Chinese cities
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May 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
3/ What is happening to the density of living in Chinese cities over time?
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2/ How does urban land scale with population – specifically, are there different scaling relationships for different land types?
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Scaling of urban land
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May 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
2/ How does urban land scale with population – specifically, are there different scaling relationships for different land types?
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1/ As China urbanizes and develops, a central concern of policy makers remains the growing inequalities between the coastal and inland regions ...
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1/ As China urbanizes and develops, a central concern of policy makers remains the growing inequalities between the coastal and inland regions ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgsM...
Inequalities between coastal and inland cities
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May 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Some snippets from the discussion:
1/ As China urbanizes and develops, a central concern of policy makers remains the growing inequalities between the coastal and inland regions ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgsM...
1/ As China urbanizes and develops, a central concern of policy makers remains the growing inequalities between the coastal and inland regions ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgsM...
6/ The emergence of complexity is closely related to parametric design
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Parametric design and emergence of complexity
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April 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
6/ The emergence of complexity is closely related to parametric design
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5/ The notion of modularity and scale in temple design
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Modularity and scale in temple design
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April 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
5/ The notion of modularity and scale in temple design
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4/ It is process, not imagination, that leads to the fractal design of temples …
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Process, not imagination, key to emergence of fractals in Temples
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April 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
4/ It is process, not imagination, that leads to the fractal design of temples …
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3/ What do fractals have to do with the semantics of temple architecture?
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Fractals and the semantics of temple architecture
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April 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
3/ What do fractals have to do with the semantics of temple architecture?
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2/ How are algorithms key to the architecture of Indian temples?
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Algorithmic nature of Temple architecture
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April 4, 2025 at 5:39 AM
2/ How are algorithms key to the architecture of Indian temples?
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What is a Fractal?
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April 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
6/ What can urban scaling tell us about the properties of slums in India?
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Scaling in Indian slums
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February 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
6/ What can urban scaling tell us about the properties of slums in India?
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5/ So, given the network models underlying urban scaling theory, how can we explain the less than proportional increase of crime in Indian cities with population?
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Network model of scaling and the scaling of crime in India
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February 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
5/ So, given the network models underlying urban scaling theory, how can we explain the less than proportional increase of crime in Indian cities with population?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFTM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFTM...
4/ Given the network models of cities that underlie urban scaling theory, why do we expect social and economic properties of cities like income, innovation, and crime to increase more than proportionally with population?
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Why do income and innovation scale superlinearly?
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February 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
4/ Given the network models of cities that underlie urban scaling theory, why do we expect social and economic properties of cities like income, innovation, and crime to increase more than proportionally with population?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj5F...
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Why does crime scale sublinearly?
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February 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
2/ Why do some household-level properties like electricity connections grow more than proportionally with population in India?
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Why do electricity connections scale superlinearly?
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February 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
2/ Why do some household-level properties like electricity connections grow more than proportionally with population in India?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edHE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edHE...
Some short snippets from the discussion...
1/ Given the expectations from urban scaling theory, what do we observe in the Indian city system? Are the properties of the Indian system in line with global findings? Are there unexpected differences?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJRi...
1/ Given the expectations from urban scaling theory, what do we observe in the Indian city system? Are the properties of the Indian system in line with global findings? Are there unexpected differences?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJRi...
Urban scaling observed in India
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February 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Some short snippets from the discussion...
1/ Given the expectations from urban scaling theory, what do we observe in the Indian city system? Are the properties of the Indian system in line with global findings? Are there unexpected differences?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJRi...
1/ Given the expectations from urban scaling theory, what do we observe in the Indian city system? Are the properties of the Indian system in line with global findings? Are there unexpected differences?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJRi...
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