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Evaluation of Formants of Cityscape Identity using Fractal Analysis (Kaunas Case) Cover

Evaluation of Formants of Cityscape Identity using Fractal Analysis (Kaunas Case)

Open Access
|Feb 2019

Abstract

Cityscape identity might be objective and subjective. Still, it is more often analysed from person’s perspective, and analysis of urban fabric itself is not considered sufficiently. Thus, this research aims to find out if fractal analysis method could be used to fill that gap. Kaunas city was chosen for the case study. The research was conducted in three stages: qualitative assessment (designation of the zones with different semantic load in Kaunas), quantitative assessment (calculation of fractal indexes of panoramic and streetscape views from previously established zones), and comparison of these approaches. To sum up, the research confirmed that there is a relationship between the results of different approaches. Thus, fractal analysis could be used as one of the tools for quantitative assessment of cityscape identity.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2018-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8764 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4333
Language: English
Page range: 96 - 104
Published on: Feb 23, 2019
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2019 Ingrida Povilaitienė, Jūratė Kamičaitytė-Virbašienė, Kęstutis Zaleckis, published by Riga Technical University
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