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An Initial Exploration of a Lacunarity-Based Segregation Measure

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  • X Ben Wu

    (Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2126, USA)

  • Daniel Z Sui

    (Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3147, USA)

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.

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  • X Ben Wu & Daniel Z Sui, 2001. "An Initial Exploration of a Lacunarity-Based Segregation Measure," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 28(3), pages 433-446, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:28:y:2001:i:3:p:433-446
    DOI: 10.1068/b2736
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