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Building a global urban science

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The study of cities needs to become more than the sum of its parts. An international Expert Panel investigates why, and how.

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  1. City Leadership Lab, University College London, London, UK

    Michele Acuto

  2. Department of Geography and African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Susan Parnell

  3. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Karen C. Seto

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Acuto, M., Parnell, S. & Seto, K.C. Building a global urban science. Nat Sustain 1, 2–4 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-017-0013-9

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