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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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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