Fractal analysis of urban sprawl  Urban sprawl picture shown at
the Biennale of Venecia. Picture from the Biennale web page It
is not easy to analyze urban morphology with a case of Urban
sprawl like this. I propose here some tools from image analysis
softwares that are helpful when we do not have a grid or urban
quadrille or any other recognizable form. The first step, and
this is pretty much for all softwares is to convert the jpg
image into a binary file. A profile plot of the picture will
show the division between urban sprawl and a standard urban
pattern. The peaks will show the grey intensity. For the
purposes of the exercise, I did not take the time to adjust the
greys from the original image to accurately show the empty and
fill areas. Anyway, a white area means empty, and we have the
option to reverse it. The depression is showing the freeway. On
the left side of it, the peaks are pretty even, it means the
urban sprawl is like a uniform shape in its complexity. On the
right side, the buildings are no