The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia

Myagmartseren Purevtseren, Bazarkhand Tsegmid, Myagmarjav Indra and Munkhnaran Sugar
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Myagmartseren Purevtseren: Department of Geography, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, Mongolia
Bazarkhand Tsegmid: Department of Geography, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, Mongolia
Myagmarjav Indra: Department of Land Management, School of Agroecology, Mongolian University of Life Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 17024, Mongolia
Munkhnaran Sugar: Department of Geography, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, Mongolia

Land, 2018, vol. 7, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: This research summarizes land use and city expansion, as well as the dynamics of urbanization, over recent years in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia. The study applies fractal geometry to describe land uses in Ulaanbaatar city using a mathematical procedure and geographic information system (GIS) urban analysis, and measures urban sprawl using an index relation of area and perimeter. Land-use parcels’ shape, area perimeter relations, sprawl statement and geometry of city structure are considered. The research presents the growth of Ulaanbaatar city in two time series, 2000 and 2010. The main findings stated here are that Ulaanbaatar is growing in an unsystematic and fractal way, even though the geometrical growth has not been strictly planned and has a most irregular shape of urban sprawl.

Keywords: fractal dimension; morphology; built-up area expansion; areas and perimeters; urban geographic information system (urban GIS); urban analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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