Liu Zhenling
School of Management, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, China
ABSTRACT
City size distribution has become a hot topic in urbanization process and governed by many laws and rules in terms of its evolution and change. This study has discussed relation between fractal theory and city size distribution, Hausdorff index, Pareto distribution and zips law as well as index calculation method which ought to be a good method of evaluating urban development.
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Liu Zhenling, 2013. Fractal Theory and Application in City Size Distribution. Information Technology Journal, 12: 4158-4162.
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2013.4158.4162
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=itj.2013.4158.4162
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2013.4158.4162
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=itj.2013.4158.4162
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