A Fractal Perspective on Scale in Geography

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Jiang, Bin ^a   Anders Brandt, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conundrum of length; MAUP; Scaling; Spatial heterogeneity; Topological analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009101145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi5060095     Document Type: Article

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