The Design Evaluation of the Green Space Layout of Urban Squares Based on Fractal Theory

Nexus Network Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-49

  Liang, Jiang ^a   Hu, Yanqin ^a   Sun, Hui ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

design evaluation; fractal; green space layout; hierarchical scale; urban square

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875376042     PISSN: 15905896     EISSN: 15224600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00004-012-0135-3     Document Type: Article

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