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Coastal settlements in urban areas show certain degrees of spatial complexity. Understanding the evolution law of fractal settlements is practically important for marine engineering and urban planning. In this paper, we investigate the fractal evolution of coastal settlement land use based on fractal theory. The fractal dimensions of the land uses for three typically coastal settlements in Xiamen city, China, are obtained to quantify their spatial complexity. The results reveal the fractal characteristics and regional differences of the coastal settlements. Furthermore, nonlinear modeling is applied to describe the fractal dimension evolution of the coastal settlement land uses from 2000 to 2018. Three settlements in rapid urbanization show different nonlinear evolution equations of the fractal dimension due to their different land uses. This study might provide a theoretical basis for understanding the fractal characteristic evolution of coastal settlements in urban areas and show its potential application in urban geography.

As an important part of modern industry history of China, the Chinese Eastern Railway has been of irreplaceable historical significance and research value. Under the background of encouraging constructing low-carbon urban and town in China, the conservation tasks of protecting the Chinese Eastern Railway Culture Town would face new opportunities and challenges. This paper tries to explore how to apply the low-carbon planning approaches into the conservation planning of Hengdaohezi Town by analyzing and interpretating the status quo of the town.