Presence and trends of linear sprawl: Explaining ribbon development in the north of Belgium

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-59

  Verbeek, Thomas ^a   Boussauw, Kobe ^a   Pisman, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flanders; Ribbon development; Urban and regional planning; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; REGIONAL PLANNING; ZONING;

AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS; FLANDERS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL DECISION; RIBBON DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL POLICIES; URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING; URBAN SPRAWL;

URBAN GROWTH;

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REGIONAL PLANNING; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING POLICY;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84901645526     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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