An historical instance of urban unsustainability that astounds to this day.

The aim of the paper is to present how the interaction between the micro behaviours of individual families and the collective macro behaviour of the city of Pavia produced a unique historical phenomenon that, on the one hand, has amazed Italy and the whole world for its striking number of towers and...

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Publicado en:Systems Research & Behavioral Science Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 355 - 368
Autores principales: Mella, Piero, Gazzola, Patrizia
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell May2021
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          Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
          Department of Economics, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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        Italy
        Behavior
        Metropolitan areas
        Housing
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          Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
          Computer and software stores
          Computer, computer peripheral and pre-packaged software merchant wholesalers
          Software publishers (except video game publishers)
          Other Community Housing Services
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        accumulation process
        behaviour of collectivities
        combinatory automaton
        diffusion process
        micro–macro feedback
        social combinatory system
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        accumulation process
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        combinatory automaton
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