Comparing the fractality of European urban neighbourhoods: do national contexts matter?
(2012) Journal of Geographical Systems : geographical information, analysis, theory and decision — Vol. 14, n° 2, p. 189-208 (2012)
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- The objective of this paper is to show that morphological similarities between built-up urban surfaces are greater across borders than within cities in Europe: living, architectural and planning trends are international. The spatial arrangement of built-up areas is analysed here by means of fractal indices using a set of 97 town sections selected from 18 European urban agglomerations. The fractal dimension is estimated by correlation techniques. Results confirm that morphological similarities are higher across countries/cities than within. Moreover, two types of fractal laws are considered: one uses the basis fractal scaling law; the other introduces a prefactor a that is often called a "form factor" in the fractal literature. Differences in the results obtained by both laws are explained empirically as well as theoretically, and suggestions are made for futher measurements.
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Université de Franche-Comté THEMA Université de Strasbourg Laboratoire Image Ville Environnement
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Thomas, I., Frankhauser, P., & Badariotti, D. (2012). Comparing the fractality of European urban neighbourhoods: do national contexts matter? Journal of Geographical Systems : geographical information, analysis, theory and decision, 14(2), 189-208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10109-010-0142-4 (Original work published 2012)