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Characterizing urban form by means of the Urban Metric System

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One of the most important challenges of land-use regulation relates to the control of urban sprawl. The Urban Metric System (UMS) has been conceived in order: 1- to standardize the definitions of central city, agglomeration, metropolitan area, megacity, and other urban-area concepts; 2- to characterize and compare urban areas; 3- to measure urban sprawl. This paper focusses on the step-by-step application of the continuous version of UMS. It also presents a new global urban sprawl index.

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  • Tellier, Luc-Normand, 2021. "Characterizing urban form by means of the Urban Metric System," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:111:y:2021:i:c:s0264837719304740
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104672
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