Measuring Sprawl across the Urban Rural Continuum Using an Amalgamated Sprawl Index

Urban sprawl is rapidly transforming the landscape of Kentucky’s prime farmland from a dominant agricultural land use pattern to a patchwork of dispersed and loosely defined parcels. This state, located in the east central portion of the U.S., is not unlike many states considered rural, nor is it un...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sustainability 2013-05, Vol.5 (5), p.1806-1828
Hauptverfasser:	Kew, Barry, Lee, Brian
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agriculture Climate change Land use Landscape architecture Losses Metropolitan areas Rural areas Sustainability Urban development Urbanization
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