Research Article

Two Sets of Simple Formulae to Estimating Fractal Dimension of Irregular Boundaries

Table 3

The measures of area and perimeter of major cities in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in 2000, 2005, and 2010.

City200020052010
PerimeterAreaPerimeterAreaPerimeterArea

Baoding648.9145165.6927614.5161177.6204618.4115181.7597
Beijing1851.16171633.73612638.73692372.62093256.71052890.8456
Cangzhou359.765296.5368411.0804111.0267387.1366107.9078
Chengde383.228283.3696386.877082.2602385.729085.9915
Handan497.2757165.9174587.4799176.9860587.4799176.9860
Hengshui286.535886.7690217.321181.6262275.6421109.7244
Langfang288.817496.1140292.507299.8148285.4678101.9814
Qinhuangdao429.0707121.1679451.5457159.4474403.8776173.9307
Shijiazhuang671.2512329.6986796.1045389.8407852.5650446.2061
Tangshan720.8655214.2018744.8371226.1832771.5667264.4586
Tianjin1867.5855850.62982428.36721595.28272480.16922029.3596
Xingtai402.1714125.8745391.3236128.2210386.5214132.7910
Zhangjiakou181.218053.7583186.203755.4021249.436190.7300
Average660.6047309.4974780.5308435.1025841.5933522.5133

Note. The results based on the data in 2000, 2005, and 2010 are partially shown below. All the results can be found in the supplementary files.