Urban sprawl in the Mediterranean?. Patterns of growth and change in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region 1993-2000

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 174-184

  Catalán, Bibiana ^a   Saurí, David ^a   Serra, Pere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Compact city; Dispersed city; Europe; Urban form

Indexed keywords

HOUSES; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORTATION;

BARCELONA; DISPERSED CITY; URBAN FORM;

URBAN PLANNING;

DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; GROWTH; HOUSING; LAND COVER; METROPOLITAN AREA; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 40849106465     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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