Fractal cartography of urban areas

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Encarnação, Sara ^a,b   Gaudiano, Marcos ^a   Santos, Francisco C ^a,c   Tenedório, José A ^b   Pacheco, Jorge M ^a,d  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; PORTUGAL; URBANIZATION;

CITIES; FRACTALS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; PORTUGAL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84864480377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00527     Document Type: Article

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