Typologies of sprawl : investigating United States metropolitan land use patterns

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

SARZYNSKI, A.

School of Public Policy and Administration, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, Etats-Unis

GALSTER, G.

Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Wayne State Univ., Detroit, Etats-Unis

STACK, L.

Dept. of Sociology, Wayne State Univ., Detroit, Etats-Unis

Description :
This article investigates patterns of residential and nonresidential land use in an array of extended urban areas, in the United States, using four measures: intensity, compactness, mixing, and core-dominance. Bivariate statistics demonstrates that geographic, historic, economic, demographic, and transport variables differentiate land use pattern types. Based on their multidimensional distinctions, this research labels the four types of metropolitan areas: Ascendants, Insulars, Redevelopers, and Cosmopolitans.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Urban geography, issn : 0272-3638, 2014, vol. 35, n°. 1, p. 48-70, nombre de pages : 23, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Silver Spring, MD, Winston

Langue :
Anglais