Towards Urbanome the genome of the city to enhance the form and function of future cities

Lidia Morawska (), Wendy Miller, Matt Riley, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Yong-Guan Zhu, Guy B. Marks, Prachi Garnawat, Prashant Kumar and Marie Thynell
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Lidia Morawska: International Laboratory for Air Quality & Health (ILAQH)
Wendy Miller: Science and Engineering Faculty
Matt Riley: Climate and Atmospheric Science
Sotiris Vardoulakis: Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM)
Yong-Guan Zhu: Chinese Academy of Science
Guy B. Marks: University of New South Wales
Prachi Garnawat: RMIT University
Prashant Kumar: University of Surrey
Marie Thynell: School of Global Studies

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-3

Abstract: The health of the city depends on how well all the elements of this system are interconnected and operating in harmony. Here the authors introduced the concept of urbanome which is analogous to the human genome that can be used to characterise the form and functioning of cities.

Date: 2019
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