Comparing measures of urban land use mix

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-13

  Song, Yan ^a   Merlin, Louis ^a   Rodriguez, Daniel ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissimilarity Index; Entropy Index; Land use patterns; Mixed use; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DISSIMILARITY INDEX; ENTROPY INDICES; HERFINDAHL-HIRSCHMAN INDICES; LAND USE PATTERN; MIXED USE; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP;

ENTROPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

LAND USE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84884188216     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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