Gravitational forces in the spatial impacts of urban sprawl: An investigation of the region of Veneto, Italy

Habitat International

Volumn 45, Issue P2, 2015, Pages 99-105

  Vaz, Eric ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GIS; Gravitational forces; Urban analysis; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

GIS; LAND USE; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

ITALY; VENETO;

EID: 84911454696     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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