Recognition and classification of urban shapes

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 304-314

  Medda, Francesca ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^a   Rietveld, Piet ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Classification; Geometry; Image analysis; Methodology; Spatial analysis; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0032450114     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1998.tb00404.x     Document Type: Article

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