Effects of landscape constraints on street patterns in cities: Examples from Khorramabad, Iran

Applied Geography

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-20

  Mohajeri, Nahid ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Entropy; Power law; Remote sensing; Street patterns; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE; MOUNTAIN; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN GROWTH; VALLEY;

IRAN;

EID: 80155141092     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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