Fuzzy Urban Sets: Theory and Application to Desakota Regions in China

Eric J Heikkila, Ti-Yan Shen and Kai-Zhong Yang
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Eric J Heikkila: School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626, USA

Environment and Planning B, 2003, vol. 30, issue 2, 239-254

Abstract: This paper outlines a method for using the mathematics of fuzzy sets that is well suited to measure and characterize periurbanizing ( desakota ) systems typical of China, Southeast Asia, and other areas experiencing rapid urbanization. Drawing on Kosko's ‘fuzzy hypercube’, we derive three distinct but interdependent measures: (1) extent of urbanization, (2) level of fuzziness, and (3) degree of entropy. The feasibility of the proposed method is demonstrated by using remote sensing data for Ningbo, China.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1068/b12820

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