A research on spatial structure of urban system in central plains economic region based on fractal theory

Author

Xiaozhou, Zhang ; Airong, Yang ; Yongping, Bai

Author_Institution

Sch. of Geogr. & Environ., Northwest Normal Univ., Lanzhou, China

fYear

2012

fDate

21-23 April 2012

Firstpage

827

Lastpage

831

Abstract

Fractal study is one of the most important content in modern theoretic geography, and fractal dimension is an effective parameter which describes the structure of the urban system. For quantitative analysis of the fractal characteristics of urban system of Central Plains Economic Zone and by calculating the Hausdorff number, fractal characteristics of size distribution of urban system of Central Plains Economic Region is analyzed. By calculating the correlation dimension and the cluster dimension and from two aspects of spatial correlation of the city elements and the centripetalism of urban stochastic agglomeration, fractal characteristics of spatial structure of urban system in the Central Plains Economic Region is analyzed.

Keywords

fractals; geography; stochastic processes; town and country planning; Hausdorff number; central plain economic region; cluster dimension; correlation dimension; fractal theory; geography; size distribution; spatial correlation; spatial structure; urban stochastic agglomeration; urban system; Cities and towns; Correlation; Economics; Fractals; Humans; Planning; Central Plains Economic Region; Fractal Characteristics; Scale structure; Spatial Structure; Urban system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, Communications and Networks (CECNet), 2012 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yichang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1414-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CECNet.2012.6201402

Filename

6201402