Improving the measurement of urban sprawl: Weighted Urban Proliferation (WUP) and its application to Switzerland

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 294-308

  Jaeger, Jochen A G ^a   Schwick, Christian ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b Die Geographen Schwick und Spichtig   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Built up area; Density; Development; Dispersion; Environmental indicators; Landscape metrics; Monitoring; Planning scenarios; Settlement; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

BUILT-UP AREAS; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; LANDSCAPE METRICS; SETTLEMENT;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISPERSION (WAVES); MONITORING;

URBAN GROWTH;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAND USE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84891129656     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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