(1) College of Environment & Planning, Henan University, 475001 Kaifeng, China
Abstract:
The fractal theory put forward by American mathematician B B Mandelbrot (1967) supplies an effective approach to solve complex
problems. The complex problems in geography have become the main positive study field of fractal theory. Based on the works
of China’s geographers and the summarization of contents of fractal theory, the authors comment on the present situation of
its applications to almost every branch of geography and discuss the related problems and the prospects of fractal study in
geography.