Spectral Analysis of Settlement Patterns in Diverse Physical and Economic Environments

1 September 1972

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

Vol. 4 (3) , 347-371
https://doi.org/10.1068/a040347

Abstract

This paper examines the spatial properties of settlement patterns, using two-dimensional digital spectral analysis, in areas selected for diverse physical and economic environment. A comparison with Christaller geometry is made and discussed.

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