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Current models of human migrations consider cities as equal, so that migration fluxes are driven by population size (left). However, natural hazards, conflicts, or socioeconomic inequalities affect the decision to migrate, even in disruptive ways. The new model developed by Maurizio Porfiri and colleagues accounts for these inequalities among locations, reshaping human mobility patterns (right).

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Alain Boldini and Maurizio Porfiri

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