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Publication date: 1 September 2017

Kanhua Yu, Jian Gong, Yan Jing, Shuqian Liu and Shihao Liang

Many cities of various types are distributed in the large area of mountainous regions in China. In these cities, there are acute contradictions between man and earth. Considering…

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Many cities of various types are distributed in the large area of mountainous regions in China. In these cities, there are acute contradictions between man and earth. Considering that the space growth mode of mountainous cities is widely different from that of flatland cities, the fractal method was adopted in the research aimed at demarcating the urban growth boundary of mountainous cities. The fractal features of the investigated mountainous cities in space were figured out via inference from their function, dimension, region, grade, and environment, and the fractal mode and conceptual framework of urban growth boundary of Qin-Ba mountainous region were constructed according to some concepts and methods such as fractal dimension, fractal network, and fractal order. In the research, the traditional urban growth boundary form-was decomposed into scattered points (point form), paths (linear form), and patches (plane form) to form the fractal theory units for the research of urban growth boundary, and the leading idea, procedure, and control method for “fractal demarcation of urban growth boundary” were established to provide strategies for demarcation of urban space growth boundary of Qin-Ba mountainous region.

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Open House International, vol. 42 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0168-2601

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Publication date: 1 September 2017

Dongfan Hu and Tinggui Fung

It is our pleasure to present this regular issue of Open House International. In this issue (Vol.42, No. 3, 2017), we selected 26 papers which have gone through several rounds of…

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It is our pleasure to present this regular issue of Open House International. In this issue (Vol.42, No. 3, 2017), we selected 26 papers which have gone through several rounds of review and revision, and represent a cross-section of research in building management, construction management, house economics & management, urban planning areas that touch upon both building and housing issues. Open House International is only this outsourced issue supplier as the publisher. This editorial remark also indemnifies the Open House International from any responsibility for the content and presentation of this issue.

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Open House International, vol. 42 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0168-2601

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