On the Measurement and Generalisation of Urban Form

Paul A Longley and Victor Mesev
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Paul A Longley: School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SS, England
Victor Mesev: School of Environmental Studies, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland

Environment and Planning A, 2000, vol. 32, issue 3, 473-488

Abstract: Developments in the provision and quality of digital data are opening up possibilities for more detailed measures of the form of urban areas. This paper begins with a review of some of the new data sources that are available in the United Kingdom, specifically the Ordnance Survey's ADDRESS-POINT product. The authors go on to develop a fine-scale data model of population densities, and fractal measures of the way in which urban development fills space. The research findings are compared with those of previous research that used less detailed data models.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1068/a3224

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