Urban sprawl is the rapid expansion of a city toward low-density surrounding areas. It occurs when rural land is developed faster than necessary to support population growth. When urban sprawl occurs farmland and natural habitats disappear, while developed, areas are abandoned. This unplanned sprawl...
Urban sprawlurban planningBulgarianspatial planning.In the last 20 years, the built-up areas of Europe have increased by 20%, while the population increased by 6% only. Given the fact that urban sprawl occurs when the rate of land-use conversion exceeds the rate of population growth, we can...
This interactive map examines the temporal and spatial patterns of urban sprawl and the impacts for environments and communities, in Sydney.
Urban sprawl usually occurs when urban planning is not well managed, turns open spaces into built spaces, and, as a long term consequence, leads to negative effects on the environment, in particular soil sealing and pollution. Information about unplanned settlements in developing cities is often ...
According to the State of Washington’s Department of Commerce, urban sprawl is defined as scattered, poorly planned urban development that occurs in the urban fringe and rural areas. Thus, areas that were once farmland or forests were turned into strip malls or residential development such as la...
hypothesize that the densification within urban areas results in hot regions getting hotter and larger, thereby resulting in power law, otherwise known as a Pareto, size distribution27of heat islets. Urban expansion in the form of sprawl, on the other hand, occurs at the periphery of urban ...
An interaction occurs when the impact of one factor varies according to the levels of another, indicating that they do not independently affect an outcome (Knol et al. 2011). This variation can be measured on scales such as additivity (combined effect greater or less than the sum of the ind...
Seawater intrusion occurs when saline seawater infiltrates freshwater aquifers, leading to an increase in chloride levels. The Mg/Ca ratio can provide clues about the origin of these saline waters: higher Mg/Ca ratios often suggest contributions from marine sediments or geological formations rich in ...
The urban heat island effect occurs when pavements, roads, and buildings absorb the sun's heat and radiate it back, causing the temperature to increase and preventing the city from cooling down. With the growing reliance on cars in cities, the number of urban car park spaces is also increasi...
Stated differently, methods of the ex-post variety measure the type or magnitude of environmental consequences once sprawl occurs. Measurement methods lacking a definition of sprawl and a nebulous connection to environmental consequences are examples of a disconnected system. Prog...