A multi-level and multi-dimensional measuring on urban sprawl: A case study in Wuhan metropolitan area, central China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3571-3598

  Zeng, Chen ^a   He, Sanwei ^b   Cui, Jiaxing ^c  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Measurement; Multi dimension; Multi level; Urban sprawl; Wuhan

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LAND USE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 84904352984     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6063571     Document Type: Article

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