In this paper we report the results of a study on secondary school planning made within the framework of Coimbra’s Educational Charter. Coimbra is a medium-sized municipality of 320 km<font=-2>²</font> and 150 000 inhabitants located in the center-littoral region of Portugal. The planning problem addressed...</font=-2>

We present a theoretical model of residential growth that emphasises the path-dependent nature of urban sprawl patterns. The model is founded on the monocentric urban economic model and uses a cellular automata (CA) approach to introduce endogenous neighbourhood effects. Households are assumed...

In this paper we explore further the use of fractal dimensions by comparing values for built-up spaces and values for road networks, both being estimated by the same method. This is done in an attempt to explain the differences theoretically and empirically, and to show how far both indices are...

Fractal dimension is an index which can be used to characterize urban areas. The use of the curve of scaling behaviour is less common. However, its shape gives local information about the morphology of the built-up area. This paper suggests a method based on a <?tf=“t906”>k-medoid for clustering these...</?tf=“t906”>