The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia
This research summarizes land use and city expansion, as well as the dynamics of urbanization, over recent years in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia. The study applies fractal geometry to describe land uses in Ulaanbaatar city using a mathematical procedure and geographic information system (GIS) urban an...
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| author | Myagmartseren Purevtseren Bazarkhand Tsegmid Myagmarjav Indra Munkhnaran Sugar |
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| description | This research summarizes land use and city expansion, as well as the dynamics of urbanization, over recent years in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia. The study applies fractal geometry to describe land uses in Ulaanbaatar city using a mathematical procedure and geographic information system (GIS) urban analysis, and measures urban sprawl using an index relation of area and perimeter. Land-use parcels’ shape, area perimeter relations, sprawl statement and geometry of city structure are considered. The research presents the growth of Ulaanbaatar city in two time series, 2000 and 2010. The main findings stated here are that Ulaanbaatar is growing in an unsystematic and fractal way, even though the geometrical growth has not been strictly planned and has a most irregular shape of urban sprawl. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e2c65aeaf014e9b892038a8ba7eb1742022-12-21T23:32:16ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2018-05-01726710.3390/land7020067land7020067The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, MongoliaMyagmartseren Purevtseren0Bazarkhand Tsegmid1Myagmarjav Indra2Munkhnaran Sugar3Department of Geography, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, MongoliaDepartment of Geography, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, MongoliaDepartment of Land Management, School of Agroecology, Mongolian University of Life Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 17024, MongoliaDepartment of Geography, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar 14200, MongoliaThis research summarizes land use and city expansion, as well as the dynamics of urbanization, over recent years in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia. The study applies fractal geometry to describe land uses in Ulaanbaatar city using a mathematical procedure and geographic information system (GIS) urban analysis, and measures urban sprawl using an index relation of area and perimeter. Land-use parcels’ shape, area perimeter relations, sprawl statement and geometry of city structure are considered. The research presents the growth of Ulaanbaatar city in two time series, 2000 and 2010. The main findings stated here are that Ulaanbaatar is growing in an unsystematic and fractal way, even though the geometrical growth has not been strictly planned and has a most irregular shape of urban sprawl.http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/7/2/67fractal dimensionmorphologybuilt-up area expansionareas and perimetersurban geographic information system (urban GIS)urban analysis |
| spellingShingle | Myagmartseren Purevtseren Bazarkhand Tsegmid Myagmarjav Indra Munkhnaran Sugar The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia Land fractal dimension morphology built-up area expansion areas and perimeters urban geographic information system (urban GIS) urban analysis |
| title | The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia |
| title_full | The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia |
| title_fullStr | The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia |
| title_short | The Fractal Geometry of Urban Land Use: The Case of Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia |
| title_sort | fractal geometry of urban land use the case of ulaanbaatar city mongolia |
| topic | fractal dimension morphology built-up area expansion areas and perimeters urban geographic information system (urban GIS) urban analysis |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/7/2/67 |
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