A modified radius fractal dimension for capturing spatial complexity of a polycentric city

Tian Lan, Hong Zhang, Xun Wu, Weiwei Cao, Jing He

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Abstract

As one of the most important indexes for describing spatial complexity of urban road networks, radius fractal dimension has been proved to be useful in single-central cities. The method needs to choose a traffic hub as the center of measurement, but if the city has more than one traffic center, it will be difficult to choose a proper center and portray spatial complexity of the whole road network. The modified method proposed in this paper regards all the nodes of a network as centers of measurement and considers the whole effect of traffic centers in a polycentric city, so the modified radius fractal dimension describes the spatial complexity of a road network from an overall perspective and overcomes the problem that the traditional method relies on only one center. The experimental results show the modified radius fractal dimension is reliable, which can describe urban road networks in a new perspective.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Intelligent Earth Observing and Applications 2015
EditorsChuanli Kang, Guoqing Zhou
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510600492
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event2015 International Conference on Intelligent Earth Observing and Applications, IEOAs 2015 - Guilin, Guangxi, China
Duration: 23 Oct 201524 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9808
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference2015 International Conference on Intelligent Earth Observing and Applications, IEOAs 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin, Guangxi
Period23/10/1524/10/15

Keywords

  • Urban road network
  • complex system
  • radius fractal

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