Examining urban sprawl in Europe using spatial metrics

Autor:	Demetris Stathakis, Dimitrios Triantakonstantis
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Geography Urban planning Urbanization Human life Urban climate Geography Planning and Development Urban sprawl Urban density Economic geography Urban ecosystem Urban expansion Water Science and Technology
Zdroj:	Geocarto International. 30:1092-1112
ISSN:	1752-0762 1010-6049
DOI:	10.1080/10106049.2015.1027289
Popis:	Urbanisation is a global phenomenon with an important impact on the quality of human life. Europe has been widely affected by urbanisation. One of the main characteristics of urban growth is sprawl, a negative form of urban expansion, which affects large cities and most types of urban landscapes. Spatial indicators are applied to CORINE Urban Morphological Zones (UMZ) changes in order to measure urban sprawl between 1990–2000 and 2000–2006 in 24 European countries. The indicators calculate urban morphological properties such as shape, aggregation, compactness and dispersion. The results revealed that the urban areas (UMZ) increased by 146% during 1990–2006 and the urbanisation becomes more circle-shaped and less complex where mostly sprawl occurs. Moreover, urban form becomes less clumped or aggregated. Therefore, due to accelerating rates of urban sprawl, European urban planning should intensify appropriate initiatives to avoid negative impacts on human life.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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