The Chaotic, Fractal and Complex City

As the readers of my blog can observe, I am doing a great deal of thought about fractal analysis, agent based modeling as they apply to urban development and planning. This is related to a paper which I hope to submit to a suitable journal concerning the use of fractal analysis of Istanbul. More will be posted about this soon to be completed manuscript. Recently, I downloaded a fractal program that is very easy to use and started to examine the different variations of some of the fractals. Although I am not a programmer, the language was very easy to alter. I would recommend this program for some exploration in fractal analysis. The download for this program can be found at: http://www.contextfreeart.org/download.html I found this program while searching for more literature on fractal analysis and cities. Actually, I first came across this blog concerning fractals Dataisnature at http://dataisnature.com/ which directed me to this program. Dataisnature is an excellent blog in this a...

Fractal analysis combined with GIS offers tools to examine in a quantatative manner the development of the physical structure of cities. By clicking on the above link, you can download a paper that I presented at GEOMED 2007, which was held in Kemer, Turkey in June 2007, concerning the use of fractal analysis to examine Istanbul's urban structure. I am presently working on a new paper based on some of the ideas that were presented in this paper. Any comments on this paper or general comments about fractal analysis as it is being used in urban analysis would be welcome. While developing an upper level course for undergraduates concerning Agent-Based Modelling (ABM) and GIS for the Fall 2007 semester, I have started to think about about the linkages between ABM and fractal analysis. However, my thoughts on this area are still in the formation stage. It is anticipated that in a later blog and paper, I can futher expand my ideas. Again, any comments on this area are welcomed.

Urbana is now accepting manuscripts for the Fall 2007 issue of Urbana. All necessary information concerning submittal is located on the journal's website (click the above link.) Urbana is listed on several indices and is peer-reviewed.