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Cities meet ecology: New framework measures urban vibrancy through 13 human activity types

  • May 19, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Cities meet ecology: New framework measures urban vibrancy through 13 human activity types
What do a thriving coral reef and a bustling city neighborhood have in common? More than you might think. A Perspective by Federico Botta and colleagues published in PNAS Nexus proposes a method for measuring urban vibrancy by studying cities the way ecologists study ecosystems, measuring the richness and abundance of human activities in urban spaces.

Originally published at Phys.org

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