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Is there a link between fractal dimension and residential environment at a regional level?

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Thomas, Isabelle [UCL] Tannier, Cécile [] Frankhauser, Pierre []

Fractal dimension is used to measure the spatial arrangement (morphology) of built-up areas within a Nuts1 region (Wallonia, Belgium) and, more particularly, to test to what extent fractal dimension is related to some variables commonly used in urban economics/urban geography to characterise built environment, housings and residential choice (such as land price, housing rentals, history of urbanisation, type of housing). Special attention is put on the link with the perception of the built environment by households. A multivariate analysis concludes the paper. It is shown that fractal indices differ from other indicators and are very useful for characterising and understanding built landscapes, as well as for modelling and planning urban realities.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Publication date 2008
Journal information "CyberGEO : revue euroeenne de geographie/European journal of geography" - Vol. 413, no. na, p. 1-22 (2008)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher CyberGeo (Paris, France)
issn 1278-3366
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - EUEN/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
University of Franche-Comté - ThéMA
University of Franche-Comté - ThéMA
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Bibliographic reference Thomas, Isabelle ; Tannier, Cécile ; Frankhauser, Pierre. Is there a link between fractal dimension and residential environment at a regional level?. In: CyberGEO : revue euroeenne de geographie/European journal of geography, Vol. 413, no. na, p. 1-22 (2008)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/23810