Describing Urban Evolution with the Fractal Parameters Based on Area-Perimeter Allometry

Table 1

The urban area and perimeter datasets of the cities and towns in Yangtze River Delta, China (1985–2005).

City/town	1985		1996		2005
	Area	Perimeter	Area	Perimeter	Area	Perimeter
Shanghai	492.52	383.30	657.73	629.58	1368.11	1095.44
Qingpu	5.23	33.56	9.36	29.78	25.93	59.29
Chongming	4.89	24.51	6.29	22.85	9.69	27.51
Songjiang	12.88	49.74	15.46	26.74	71.93	83.81
Jinshan	4.43	20.53	5.72	21.83	27.36	35.15
Nanjing	113.24	286.55	171.48	257.13	311.11	418.07
Jiangning	7.72	28.23	17.62	57.84	41.85	91.62
Jiangpu	3.70	26.97	8.29	49.04	15.84	50.94
Liuhe	4.67	22.44	7.95	26.16	16.17	34.78
Lishui	9.46	43.18	9.46	37.82	21.04	53.97
Gaochun	4.47	19.26	4.47	19.26	11.32	37.98
Wuxi	60.54	152.58	98.23	137.39	149.01	192.22
Jiangyin	15.51	46.77	25.75	69.01	95.17	199.15
Yixing	5.13	29.33	11.37	37.58	38.09	78.15
Changzhou	64.98	156.09	114.00	207.79	205.62	275.72
Liyang	3.79	22.46	12.71	56.49	18.95	64.27
Jintan	4.69	25.72	10.91	41.98	19.69	46.87
Suzhou	54.19	137.89	104.30	166.28	197.10	180.47
Changshu	11.92	67.02	25.26	66.09	58.60	127.81
Zhangjiagang	6.70	37.78	18.42	47.52	70.19	112.34
Kunshan	8.85	45.19	18.92	39.67	62.45	79.94
Wujiang	6.47	28.46	7.92	21.45	18.73	34.46
Taicang	7.57	35.55	11.29	29.53	38.82	55.76
Nantong	27.94	53.85	46.99	109.35	114.53	226.23
Hai’an	10.70	36.20	12.99	32.86	29.97	57.21
Rudong	4.09	16.44	7.06	19.32	14.23	31.38
Haimen	5.81	19.05	7.55	25.01	15.53	44.87
Qidong	6.35	19.33	8.57	23.42	20.26	51.45
Rugao	5.74	29.75	15.42	60.47	23.25	53.01
Yangzhou	38.53	112.91	44.59	154.97	75.57	154.09
Jiangdu	7.60	29.05	10.36	41.29	31.05	85.12
Yizheng	8.73	47.51	13.86	38.58	24.37	49.05
Taizhou	17.80	58.73	21.51	64.12	70.61	169.03
Jiangyan (Tai)	6.48	28.73	8.72	38.09	24.98	80.58
Taixing	9.45	38.95	15.11	40.68	23.77	65.96
Jingjiang	11.07	49.63	16.11	31.82	28.23	78.59
Zhenjiang	29.67	109.18	44.83	130.62	67.51	186.67
Jurong	3.54	25.73	6.74	27.58	10.06	33.42
Yangzhong	3.65	19.13	6.28	21.64	12.25	45.72
Danyang	7.33	38.86	15.09	42.77	33.02	67.58
Hangzhou	67.49	160.88	103.41	213.64	200.66	184.77
Tonglu	1.98	12.56	2.78	14.11	7.43	30.32
Fuyang	2.94	15.79	7.82	34.39	55.75	83.71
Lin’an	3.86	25.85	6.26	26.81	16.25	34.92
Yuhang	1.47	10.33	6.04	24.35	17.88	40.72
Xiaoshan	4.99	21.17	16.76	69.84	96.49	178.18
Ningbo	29.93	82.98	50.54	99.57	193.81	219.05
Xiangshan	3.62	21.26	2.54	11.42	7.39	20.01
Ninghai	5.61	20.31	7.26	22.15	12.51	23.07
Yuyao	14.40	64.56	15.69	87.89	63.83	157.04
Cixi	4.67	24.09	17.69	54.75	67.35	146.38
Fenghua	3.29	18.32	8.91	34.51	18.95	82.31
Jiaxing	11.71	46.17	19.47	45.62	67.29	98.29
Jiashan	4.31	22.66	4.72	13.57	23.27	45.71
Haiyan	3.97	22.85	6.09	20.09	21.49	29.12
Haining	5.64	22.75	8.27	24.67	23.34	57.09
Pinghu	3.04	15.19	6.26	21.08	24.78	40.35
Tongxiang	3.29	18.35	5.55	20.27	34.34	43.68
Huzhou	10.43	28.61	14.19	31.84	30.15	50.59
Deqing	1.49	5.77	3.05	9.87	22.52	33.88
Changxing	6.81	30.88	7.34	30.28	23.24	43.68
Anji	2.14	13.21	3.53	18.39	23.14	50.29
Shaoxing	20.21	49.00	23.08	64.55	57.23	142.19
Chengxian	3.38	16.11	7.59	22.36	8.08	28.06
Xinchang	5.87	24.32	6.75	23.01	7.86	28.05
Zhuji	3.57	24.14	12.82	55.66	65.86	110.29
Shangyu	1.68	13.67	7.95	42.16	28.77	72.33
Zhoushan	7.28	46.57	8.68	42.44	14.76	47.78