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MEASURING SPRAWL AND ITS IMPACT

Published 1 January 2002
Reid Ewing, Rolf Pendall, D Chen
Citations587

Abstract

This study discusses urban sprawl and its impacts. It defines sprawl and describes the authors' four factor index, which helps to measure sprawl. It uses the index to compare and evaluate metropolitan regions, discusses the impact of sprawl on the quality of life in these regions, and presents policy recommendations to combat the effects of sprawl.

Keywords

Earth and Planetary SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance