Category Archives: Flows, Fluxes

About Networks, Flow Volumes, Graphs and Process Dynamics

Flux by Broken Cities

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Michael Batty

Bit of an experiment really as it is the weekend. Thought I would embed some background music into the website and the album Flux from the indie group Broken Cities reflects the themes of a Science of Cities. And the … Continue reading →

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The Heartbeat of the City

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Michael Batty

Inspired by Victor Gruen’s heart of the city posted here a little while ago, Jon Reade’s 24 hour movie of traffic on London’s railways (tube+overground) moves us a little closer to Leonardo’s analogy of the city as body. More biology perhaps … Continue reading →

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The Oldest Flow Map

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Michael Batty

…. according to the great cartographer Arthur Robinson, the two maps of traffic between Dublin and the rest of Ireland by Lt. Harness of the British Army in 1837, are the oldest. Mapped for the Irish Railway Commissioners prior to … Continue reading →

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Visualising Fast Flows

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Michael Batty

Aaron Koblin has produced some fantastic animations of airline flows reminiscent of some of Joan Serras’ work on our SIMULACRA blog. Check out Aaron’s flow stuff. He uses Google Maps to zoom in and out. Also dig into his web … Continue reading →

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Movements from Point Data

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Michael Batty

Constructing flows from where people are located at different points in time is usually hard and often impossible for large populations. You can only do it for individuals if you know the actual locations and order visited: posted on vimeo, … Continue reading →

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