Fractal Dimension of Urban Structure in Czech Cities

Many layers of the city are structured more or less fractally - its physical structure, public spaces, transport and technical infrastructure, distribution of amenities, social structure etc. By measuring the fractal dimension of the urban structure, we gain comparable values to assess the fractal arrangement of the city - an ordered interrelated sequence of scales of the built structure and open space. The result is an indicator of the amount of complexity of a particular structure. Higher level of fractal arrangement enables ideal distribution of energy, stable and adaptable framework for a quality environment, especially when derived from the human scale. Measurement will be performed for the whole cities and for parts of the cities with predominant urban typology, based on their flat visual representation - schwarzplann. The method will be BCM (Box-Counting Method). We may observe, based on the maps of representatives of Czech cities, different development of fractality with different amount of influence of specific urban forms - house perimeter block, partial block and open urban forms.