Determinants of urban sprawl in European cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1594-1614

  Oueslati, Walid ^a   Alvanides, Seraphim ^b   Garrod, Guy ^c  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European cities; monocentric city model; spatial scale; urban fragmentation; urban scattering; urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84930402172     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015577773     Document Type: Article

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