Fractal dimension as a descriptor of urban growth dynamics

Title:

Fractal dimension as a descriptor of urban growth dynamics

Creator:

Tuček, Pavel and Janoška, Zbyněk

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:943324b4-9402-43e4-974d-891eb6c18391
uuid:943324b4-9402-43e4-974d-891eb6c18391
doi:10.14311/NNW.2013.23.007

Subject:

Urban growth, fractal dimension, box-counting method, and area/perimeter relation

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

The objective of this paper is to examine the development of the urban form of the city of Olomouc since the 1920s in terms of fractal dimension, and to link the observation with two other descriptors of shape - area and perimeter. The fractal dimension of built-up areas and fractal dimension of the boundary of the city are calculated employing the box-counting method; the possibilities of their interpretation and usage in urban planning are discussed. The process of urban growth is observed with respect to its fractality and perspectives of this approach are discussed. An interesting dependence between area and its fractal dimension is derived.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

Neural network world: international journal on neural and mass-parallel computing and information systems | 2013 Volume:23 | Number:2

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