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Research on Fractal Characteristics of Road Network in Chengdu City

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For the importance of intersection in the traffic network, we introduce the concept of node degree into the traffic network fractal calculation. A weighted node degree-radius dimension is designed to better characterize the variation of network connectivity from center to periphery. The road networks of Chengdu city have been analyzed. The research shows that: the node degree-radius dimension can reflect the network characteristics, the weighted dimension will better reflect the spatial connectivity structure of urban system; the truck road is ringy and radial, it is more balanced than overall network, the contact between the second layer and the third layer in Chengdu city is not close enough, peripheral road network has a lot of space for development.

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  1. 3D Information Collection and Application Key Lab of Education Ministry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

    Bowen Qiao & Jing Zhang

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  2. Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

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  3. Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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Qiao, B., Zhang, J. (2017). Research on Fractal Characteristics of Road Network in Chengdu City. In: Yuan, H., Geng, J., Bian, F. (eds) Geo-Spatial Knowledge and Intelligence. GRMSE 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 698. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3966-9_29

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