CELLULAR-AUTOMATA AND FRACTAL URBAN FORM - A CELLULAR MODELING APPROACH TO THE EVOLUTION OF URBAN LAND-USE PATTERNS

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作者
WHITE, R [1 ]
ENGELEN, G [1 ]
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[1] RES INST KNOWLEDGE SYST, 6200 AL MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS
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ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A-ECONOMY AND SPACE | 1993年 / 25卷 / 08期
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10.1068/a251175
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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08 ; 0830 ;
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Cellular automata belong to a family of discrete, connectionist techniques being used to investigate fundamental principles of dynamics, evolution, and self-organization. In this paper, a cellular automaton is developed to model the spatial structure of urban land use over time. For realistic parameter values, the model produces fractal or bifractal land-use structures for the urbanized area and for each individual land-use type. Data for a set of US cities show that they have very similar fractal dimensions. The cellular approach makes it possible to achieve a high level of spatial detail and realism and to link the results directly to general theories of structural evolution.
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页码:1175 / 1199
页数:25
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