The spatial pattern characteristics of irrigation terrace, upland field, orchard, forest and residential were studied with fractal dimensions, mean patch area, shape index and elongation in the different hilly regions in the southwest of Mingshan County, Sichuan Province, China. Among the research approaches, the fractal dimensions were calculated by the perimeter-area based on the logarithm relationship between perimeter and area of a landscape patch. From east to west, the relief of low, middle and high h...