Scaling and allometry in the building geometries of Greater London

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-314

  Batty, M ^a   Carvalho, R ^b   Hudson Smith, A ^a   Milton, R ^a   Smith, D ^a   Steadman, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRIC; CAMBRIDGE; DATA BASE; FRACTAL STRUCTURES; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; GREATER LONDON; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER LAWS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SCALING PROPERTIES; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; SHAPE CHANGES; SPATIAL ANALYSES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO-POINT CORRELATIONS; WORLD CITIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LAND USE; ROADS AND STREETS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 49249087249     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: 14346036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2008-00251-5     Document Type: Article

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