分形理论在中国地理学应用的研究

分形理论在中国地理学应用的研究

The fractal theory put forw

ard by American mathematician B B Mandelbrot (1967) supplies an effective approach to solve complex problems.The complex problems in geography have become the main positive study field of fractal theory.Based on the works of China's geographers and the summarization of contents of fractal theory,the authors comment on the present situation of its applications to almost every branch of geography and discuss the related problems and the prospects of fractal study in geography.

作 者： 秦耀辰 刘凯 QIN Yaochen LIU Kai 作者单位： College of Environment & Planning,Henan University,Kaifeng 475001,China 刊 名： 地理学报(英文版) ISTIC SCI 英文刊名： JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES 年，卷(期)： 200414(z1) 分类号： 关键词： fractal theory fractal dimension geography advance China