Syllabus

Readings’ zip file is posted on Canvas

Robert Alford (1998), The Craft of Inquiry: Theories, Methods, Evidence, Oxford University Press.
Jeffrey A. Gliner, George A. Morgan and Nancy L. Leech (2017), Research Methods in Applied Settings, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
David Ford (2000), Scientific Method for Ecological research, Cambridge University Press.
Thomas S. Kuhn (1962), The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The University of Chicago Press.

Alberti, M. Cities That Think Like Planets: Complexity, Resilience, and Innovation in Hybrid Ecosystems. UW Press. July 2016.
Bettencourt L. (2021) Introduction to urban science : evidence and theory of cities as complex systems. MIT PRESS
Kitchin R. The Data Revolution: Big Data, Open Data, Data Infrastructures & Their Consequences. (Sage, 2014).
Batty, M. (2013) The New Science of Cities. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Bettencourt LMA, Lobo J, Helbing D, et al. (2007) Growth, innovation, scaling, and the pace of life in cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(17): 7301–7306.
Boyd D and Crawford K (2012) Critical questions for big data. Information, Communication and Society 15(5): 662–679.
Townsend A. Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for A New Utopia. (W.W. Norton & Co., 2013)