Entropy in urban systems

Entropy

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 5223-5236

  Cabral, Pedro ^a   Augusto, Gabriela ^a   Tewolde, Mussie ^b   Araya, Yikalo ^c  

^a NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

^b State of Maryland   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entropy monitoring and management framewokr; Spatial entropy; Urban sprawl; Urban systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891681762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e15125223     Document Type: Review

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