Characterizing growth and form of fractal cities with allometric scaling exponents

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chen, Yanguang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77957826850     PISSN: 10260226     EISSN: 1607887X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/194715     Document Type: Article

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