A Modified Fractal Dimension as a Measure of Landscape Diversity

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing

Volume

59

Issue

10

Publisher

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Publication Date

10-1-1993

First Page

1517

Last Page

1520

Abstract

Fractals have been used recently to describe spatial patterns in many landscape-level applications. One such application has been to measure the geometric complexity of landscape features. This paper describes a modified fractal dimension to be used as a measure of distribution of landscape diversity in a classified GIs image. The resulting modified fractal dimension calculation consistently describes diversity for the landscape, accounting not only for patch shape, but also for patch juxtaposition and evenness.

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