An initial exploration of a lacunarity-based segregation measure Academic Article

abstract

• It has been recognized that urban residential segregation is a scale-dependent phenomenon, and yet all existing structural or spatial indices measure only certain dimensions of segregation at one single scale. Inspired by new metrics developed by landscape ecologists to measure landscape heterogeneity, in this paper we explore the feasiblity of a multiscale, lacunarity-based segregation measure. We also develop a straightforward GIS-based procedure to calculate this new measure. Our initial simulation results show that lacunarity is an effective measure that can capture multiple dimensions of segregation patterns at multiple scales.

authors

• Wu, X. Ben

published proceedings

• ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-PLANNING & DESIGN

author list (cited authors)

• Wu, X. B., & Sui, D. Z.

complete list of authors

• Wu, XB||Sui, DZ

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design  Journal

keywords

• 33 Built Environment And Design
• 3301 Architecture
• 3304 Urban And Regional Planning

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1068/b2736

start page

• 433

end page

• 446

volume

• 28

issue

• 3