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The determinants of urban density: the Israeli case [PDF]

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In the struggle against urban sprawl minimum requirements for urban density has become one of the promising tools in determining spatial planning policy, particularly in densely populated countries. This tool was first proposed in the Israel Master Plan '
Frenkel, Amnon
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‘Grabbing Our Land Deprives Us of Our Future’: Struggles Against State‐Led Land Dispossession, Demands for Justice and Citizenship in Dakar's Urban Outskirts

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do people at the outskirts of Dakar struggle against urban land grabs and state‐led dispossession for urban development? How do they express the injustices they face and their demands for justice? What are they claiming, and what success have they had?
Philippe Lavigne Delville
wiley   +1 more source

What is Urban Sprawl in Flanders?

open access: yes, 2018
At the country level, Belgium was found to be the European country with the highest degree of urban sprawl (EEA report on Urban sprawl in Europe, 2016). The phenomenon is most pronounced in Flanders, the highly populated northern part of the country.
Vermeiren, Karolien   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Space-time patterns of urban sprawl, a 1D cellular automata and microeconomic approach [PDF]

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We present a theoretical model of residential growth that emphasizes the path-dependent nature of urban sprawl patterns. The model is founded on the monocentric urban economic model and uses a cellular automata (CA) approach to introduce endogenous ...
PEETERS  , Dominique   +3 more
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Life Course Changes in the Geographical Distance Between Adult Children of Immigrants and Their Parents: The Role of Partnership Formation and Dissolution

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study explores how geographical distance between adult children of immigrants and their parents changes in response to partnership formation and partnership dissolution. Background Geographical distance between generations is a key factor in intergenerational support.
Alon Pertzikovitz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Open Space and Urban Sprawl: The Effects of Zoning and Forest Conservation Regulations in Maryland

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Rapid urbanization enhances the desirability of policies for preserving open space but policies intended to preserve open space may extend the urban boundary and create leapfrog development.
Lichtenberg, Erik
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Estimating National and Foreign Trade Elasticities Using Generalized Transport Costs

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 471-496, March 2025.
ABSTRACT We introduce the definition of two distinct trade elasticities corresponding to imports from regions located in the same country (national elasticities) and foreign regions located in other countries (foreign elasticities). We resort to a three‐tier nested CES utility structure to derive the corresponding demand gravity equations.
José L. Zofío   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of the Boom-Bust Cycle on the Effectiveness of Policies for Moderating the Consequences of Sprawl on Residential Development

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urban sprawl, spatial discrete-choice model, Land Economics/Use,
Roberts, Roland K.   +3 more
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Analysis of urban sprawl at mega city Cairo, Egypt using multisensoral remote sensing data, landscape metrics and gradient analysis

open access: yes, 2009
This paper is intended to highlight the capabilities of synergistic usage of remote sensing, landscape metrics and gradient analysis. We aim to improve the understanding of spatial characteristics and effects of urbanization on city level ...
Taubenböck, Hannes   +4 more
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