Clustering patterns of urban built-up areas with curves of fractal scaling behaviour

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 942-954

  Thomas, Isabelle ^a   Frankhauser, Pierre ^b   Frenay, Benoit ^a   Verleysen, Michel ^a   Samos Matisse, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 77958085397     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b36039     Document Type: Article

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