Examining Spatial Efficiency of Cities Using Fractal Dimension
Abstract
The dynamic structure of the urban changes and the specification of the parameters affecting this process facilitate the perception, designing and description of the space. The aim of this study is to discuss the urban growth phenomenon based on sustainability principle and the urban macroforms, shaped as the spatial reflection of this phenomenon. The study aims at developing a method suggestion for urban space analysis under the frame of the determined acceptances and limitations to be able to attain these purposes. In this sense, 29 randomly chosen cities are defined as samples fractal sizes are measured. The comparable parameters groups, which are considered to affect the space-filling efficiency of the urban macroforms is formed and whether there is a reasonable relation between fractal dimension value, which is admitted to be the criterion of space-filling efficiency through multiple direct regression analysis. The study is considered to contribute, accompanied by urban macroform parameters which are shaped as urban growth phenomenon and spatial reflection of that phenomenon, over the organization of the space and leading the development. Furthermore, fractal parameter considered that a new method approach based on the space-filling efficiency presented will have a leading role in the future for urban planning.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Gizem Erdogan
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0000-0002-1376-6457
Türkiye
Publication Date
August 26, 2020
Submission Date
November 18, 2018
Acceptance Date
September 22, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2020 Volume: 24 Number: 2