Impervious surface regulation and urban sprawl as its unintended consequence

Land Use Policy

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 317-323

  Sung, Chan Yong ^a   Yi, Young Jae ^b   Li, Ming Han ^b  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Austin; Lacunarity; Save Our Springs ordinance; Spatial pattern analysis; Urban form; Watershed protection

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WATERSHED;

AUSTIN; BARTON SPRINGS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870939404     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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