Given that brief overview on the concept of smart city, it is clear that the area of my research into a merge between the technologic and human factors. The area that I want to cover is not related to the infrastructure of the technology, nor the participation of individuals per si. However, my goal is to make sense of the data generated to improve the understanding of cities.

Urban Science

Due to the amount of data gathered and its increasing complexity, a new science field is emerging: Urban Science \cite{Barthelemy_2015}. It aims to understand and model phenomena happening in a city. Topics such urban morphology, city growth, residence location choice, evolution of urban networks can now be quantitatively understood. 

What is the place of math in this context?

Physical Statistics View

It aims understand the object 'city' and to identify the dominant forces that shape its formation and evolution   
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