A Study on the Methods of Quantifying Street Forms in Cities

Fractal Analysis and Texture Analysis

Abstract

In this paper we apply fractal geometry and texure analysis to the analysis of street forms. And we prove the effectiveness of these methods for quantifying characters of street forms through the case studies of medieval German and Islamic cities. With quantifying characters of street forms through these methods it is expected to discover some forms which have never been revealed to the human eyes as well as the necessary order of making forms in cities.