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1.	Multiple Files Understanding-and-calculating-household-size-wealth-and-inequality-in-the-Maya-Lowlands Understanding and calculating household size, wealth, and inequality in the Maya Lowlands Chase, Adrian S. Z. ; Thompson, Amy E. ; Walden, John P. ; Feinman, Gary M. <p>Inequality is present in all human societies, but building a robust understanding of how that inequality developed and persisted for centuries requires historica [...] 28 March 2024 \| Anthropology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
2.	Multiple Files Evidence-of-COVID-19-fatalities-in-Swedish-neighborhoods-from-a-full-population-study Evidence of COVID-19 fatalities in Swedish neighborhoods from a full population study Wixe, Sofia ; Lobo, José ; Mellander, Charlotta ; Bettencourt, Luís M. A. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a debate about whether marginalized communities suffered the disproportionate brunt of the pandemic’s mortality. Empirical studies [...] 06 February 2024 \| Ecology and Evolution; Sociology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
3.	Multiple Files sciadv.aat8812 Urban growth and the emergent statistics of cities Bettencourt, Luis M. A. Urban theory models cities as spatial equilibria to derive their aggregate properties as functions of extensive variables, such as population size. However, this assumpti [...] 19 August 2020 \| Ecology and Evolution; Sociology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
4.	Multiple Files sciadv.aar4644 Toward cities without slums: Topology and the spatial evolution of neighborhoods Brelsford, Christa ; Martin, Taylor ; Hand, Joe ; Bettencourt, Luís M. A. The world is urbanizing quickly with nearly 4 billion people presently living in urban areas, about 1 billion of them in slums. Achieving sustainable development from rap [...] 29 August 2018 \| Ecology and Evolution \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
5.	Multiple Files sciadv.aay1062 Calculated avoidance: Math anxiety predicts math avoidance in effort-based decision-making Choe, Kyoung Whan ; Jenifer, Jalisha B. ; Rozek, Christopher S. ; Berman, Marc G. ; Beilock,[...] Math anxiety—negative feelings toward math—is hypothesized to be associated with the avoidance of math-related activities such as taking math courses and pursuing STE [...] 20 November 2019 \| Psychology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
6.	Multiple Files Implicit-racial-biases-are-lower-in-more-populous-more-diverse-and-less-segregated-US-cities Implicit racial biases are lower in more populous more diverse and less segregated US cities Stier, Andrew J. ; Sajjadi, Sina ; Karimi, Fariba ; Bettencourt, Luís M. A. ; Berman, Marc [...] Implicit biases - differential attitudes towards members of distinct groups - are pervasive in human societies and create inequities across many aspects of life. Recent r [...] 06 February 2024 \| Ecology and Evolution; Psychology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
7.	Multiple Files Counterfactual-mobility-network-embedding-reveals-prevalent-accessibility-gaps-in-US-cities Counterfactual mobility network embedding reveals prevalent accessibility gaps in U.S. cities Zhang, Yunke ; Xu, Fengli ; Chen, Lin ; Yuan, Yuan ; Evans, James ; Bettencourt, Luis ; Li, Yong Living in cities affords expanded access to various resources, infrastructures, and services at reduced travel costs, which improves social life and promotes systemic gai [...] 09 January 2024 \| Ecology and Evolution; Sociology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
8.	Multiple Files stier-et-al-2021-evidence-and-theory-for-lower-rates-of-depression-in-larger-us-urban-areas Evidence and theory for lower rates of depression in larger US urban areas Stier, Andrew J. ; Schertz, Kathryn E. ; Rim, Nak Won ; Cardenas-Iniguez, Carlos ; Lahey, Be[...] It is commonly assumed that cities are detrimental to mental health. However, the evidence remains inconsistent and at most, makes the case for differences between rural [...] 27 July 2021 \| Ecology and Evolution; Psychology; Public Health Sciences \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
9.	PDF Transformation-Growth-and-Governance-at-Caracol-Belize Transformation, Growth, and Governance at Caracol, Belize Chase, Adrian S. Z. Around 650 CE the city of Caracol was one of the largest cities in the world. However, it did not begin as a large city. Instead Ux Witz Ha’ (“three stone place” [...] 2023 \| Anthropology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
10.	Multiple Files Settlement-Scaling-in-the-Northern-Maya-Lowlands Settlement Scaling in the Northern Maya Lowlands: Human-Scale Implications Hutson, Scott R. ; Chase, Adrian S. Z. ; Glover, Jeffrey B. ; Ringle, William M. ; Stanton, [...] <p>Settlement scaling theory predicts that higher site densities lead to increased social interactions that, in turn, boost productivity. The scaling relationship b [...] 03 April 2023 \| Anthropology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
11.	Multiple Files Mesoamerican-urbanism-revisited Mesoamerican urbanism revisited: Environmental change, adaptation, resilience, persistence, and collapse Chase, Diane Z. ; Lobo, José ; Feinman, Gary M. ; Carballo, David M. ; Chase, Arlen F. ; Chase[...] Urban adaptation to climate change is a global challenge requiring a broad response that can be informed by how urban societies in the past responded to environmental sho [...] 24 July 2023 \| Anthropology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
12.	Multiple Files Measuring-health-and-human-development-in-cities-and-neighborhoods-in-the-United-States Measuring health and human development in cities and neighborhoods in the United States Sheth, Suraj K. ; Bettencourt, Luís M. A. Human development is a complex process involving interactions between individuals and their socioeconomic, biological, and physical environments. It has been studied usin [...] 20 February 2023 \| Ecology and Evolution; Sociology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
13.	PDF Integration-of-urban-science-and-urban-climate-adaptation-research Integration of urban science and urban climate adaptation research: Opportunities to advance climate action Lobo, José ; Aggarwal, Rimjhim M. ; Alberti, Marina ; Allen-Dumas, Melissa ; Bettencourt, L[...] There is a growing recognition that responding to climate change necessitates urban adaptation. We sketch a transdisciplinary research effort, arguing that actionable res [...] 10 June 2023 \| Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
14.	PDF The Relationship Between Religious Centers and Urban Development: Evidence from Ghana Eshtiyagh, Javad A large number of churches and mosques have been recently established in Ghana. Local policymakers and foreign philanthropists politically and financially support establi [...] 03 June 2023 \| Computational Social Sciences (MACSS) \| Thesis \| Detailed record - Similar records
15.	Multiple Files journal.pone.0246249 Creatures of the state? Metropolitan counties compensated for state inaction in initial U.S. response to COVID-19 pandemic Brandtner, Christof ; Bettencourt, Luís M. A. ; Berman, Marc G. ; Stier, Andrew J. <p>Societal responses to crises require coordination at multiple levels of organization. Exploring early efforts to contain COVID-19 in the U.S., we argue that loca [...] 19 February 2021 \| Ecology and Evolution; Psychology; Sociology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
16.	PDF Reconstructing-and-testing-neighborhoods-at-the-Maya-city-of-Caracol-Belize Reconstructing and testing neighborhoods at the Maya city of Caracol, Belize Chase, Adrian S. Z. Present theory suggests that neighborhoods form through frequent, repeated face-to-face interactions among people in groups of spatially co-located residences. Over time, [...] 09 May 2023 \| Anthropology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
17.	Multiple Files Learning-increases-growth-and-reduces-inequality-in-shared-noisy-environments Learning increases growth and reduces inequality in shared noisy environments Kemp, Jordan T. ; Bettencourt, Luís M. A. Stochastic multiplicative dynamics characterize many complex natural phenomena such as selection and mutation in evolving populations, and the generation and distribution [...] 22 March 2023 \| Ecology and Evolution; Physics \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
18.	PDF Cities-are-defined-by-their-spatially-aggregated-socioeconomic-networks Reply to Huth et al.: Cities are defined by their spatially aggregated socioeconomic networks Stier, Andrew J. ; Schertz, Kathryn E. ; Rim, Nak Won ; Cardenas-Iniguez, Carlos ; Lahey, Be[...] No abstract 05 January 2022 \| Ecology and Evolution; Psychology; Public Health Sciences \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
19.	Multiple Files Fine-scale-heterogeneity-in-population-density-predicts-wave-dynamics-in-dengue-epidemics Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics Romeo-Aznar, Victoria ; Freitas, Laís Picinini ; Cruz, Oswaldo Gonçalves ; King, Aaron [...] The spread of dengue and other arboviruses constitutes an expanding global health threat. The extensive heterogeneity in population distribution and potential complexity [...] 22 February 2022 \| Ecology and Evolution \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records
20.	Multiple Files Toxic-Neighborhoods Toxic Neighborhoods: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development Wodtke, Geoffrey T. ; Ramaj, Sagi ; Schachner, Jared Although socioeconomic disparities in cognitive ability emerge early in the life course, most research on the consequences of living in a disadvantaged neighborhood has f [...] 01 August 2022 \| Sociology \| Article \| Detailed record - Similar records

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