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Abstract
* The introduction to fractal geometry and its application to urban patterns is followed by a definition of the measuring concept used, which helps analyzing their morphology. This study focuses on the use of fractal analysis to evaluate the pattern of the cities which is in term of the form traditionally recognized by urban morphologists. Some other properties of urban street networks are examined to see their similarity or difference. * The connection between fractals and urban morphology helps to understand the information transcribed by these measures and to develop another type of approach to sprawling and less sprawling patterns. Moreover it will indeed be possible to establish links to the planning policy at the root of these patterns. * The use of the analytical fractal model on a two dimensional (2-D) urban morphology map produces data that can be interpreted in different perspectives; First, what is the meaning of a specific fractal dimension value in terms of spatial qualities and scale of fragmentation? As long as it controls the fragmentation scale it can be considered as an element contributing to spatial qualities and space identity. Can it be used as a generative tool to the further densification of patterns by conserving space characteristics? Second, there is a correlation between the fractal dimension scale and the road patterns or density in a specific urban tissue. * The key concept of their rhetoric remains the self-similarity and the self-affinity elements. In urbanism and in planning disciplines, the fractal geometry is used to describe the ability of structures to appear as non-scale organisms; by showing the same patterns despite the observation scale. * Fractal analysis is a diverse and promising method to examine the morphology of cities. While examining fractals in a theoretical manner is considerably advanced, its application for examining actual urbanization is complex and sometime results in conflicting measurements. * The interpretation of fractal analysis is not an easy task, as there appears to be differences in measurements based on resolution and other factors. * The literature on fractal analysis and the ability to make accurate measurements lacks a clear method of analysis. There is also limited literature concerning measurements from different cities. What is evident is that there needs to be more research into this area, so as to standardize methods and interpretation. While there is ample evidence that fractal analysis and related analysis methods such as cellular automata are promising, they are remaining as theoretical tools. They have not entered the mainstream of urban analysis and planning. The developing area of urban syntax hints at additional new tools that can further examine the city with unique tools. At this time, research into fractal analysis, cellular automata and other analytical tools that seek to probe further into the composition of the urban environment are being conducted in a limited number of locations around the world. It is anticipated that this field will become even more diverse, yielding a whole set of tools that those who are working in the field of urban morphology and urban planning will utilize to better understand cities and discover new ways of managing them.