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Simulation Analysis of the Fractality of Cities
Author(s) -
Benguigui L.,
Czamanski D.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.2004.tb01124.x
Subject(s) - leapfrogging , similarity (geometry) , tel aviv , economic geography , statistical physics , process (computing) , mathematics , econometrics , computer science , geography , economics , artificial intelligence , physics , economic growth , library science , image (mathematics) , operating system
Fractality in cities implies that a city possesses a similar structure at several different scales. Its existence is of great significance because it suggests the presence of some hidden process that operates at different urban scales and generates similarity. Recently, we studied the Tel Aviv metropolis at the levels of the entire metropolis and of one of its constituent towns. We concluded that the apparent growth mechanism (called leapfrogging) operates at these two levels. We hypothesized that since it appears at several levels, growth by leapfrogging may be one the fundamental processes that generates urban fractality. In this paper we present results of simulations used to verify this assumption in the case of randomly generated structures.