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When navigating recently learned city streets in London, UK, activity in the anterior HPC increases when entering streets with greater global connections (higher integration) and decreases when entering streets that are less globally connected.
“When navigating recently learned city streets in London, UK, activity in the anterior HPC increases when entering streets with greater global connections (that is, with higher integration) and decreases when entering streets that are less globally connected 176 .”
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- Authors
- Bettencourt, L., & West, G.
- Affiliations
- Santa Fe Institute (US)
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2010-10-20
- Volume
- 467
- Issue
- 7318
- Pages
- 912-913
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2090136613
- Cited by
- 1,009
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 79 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 78 · 2022: 95 · 2021: 76 · 2020: 103 · 2019: 101 · 2018: 111 · 2017: 54 · 2016: 64 · 2015: 55 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 50.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Planning and Governance
- Keywords
- urban expansion, urban scaling, city size, urban society, urban environment, urban ecology
- MeSH terms
- Cities, City Planning, Conservation of Natural Resources, Environmental Monitoring, Humans, Policy Making, Population Density, Urban Population, Urbanization, Gross Domestic Product, Epidemiological Monitoring
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