Who sprawls most? Exploring the patterns of urban growth across 26 European countries

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2765-2784

  Siedentop, Stefan ^a   Fina, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indicators; Land use; Urban form; Urban growth; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; URBAN GROWTH;

EUROPE;

EID: 84870747524     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a4580     Document Type: Article

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