City shape and the fractality of street patterns

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Mohajeri, Nahid ^a   Longley, Paul A ^a   Batty, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City; Fractal; Street network

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; STREET CANYON; URBAN AREA;

DUNDEE [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863084442     PISSN: 0137477X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10117-012-0016-6     Document Type: Article

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