Compact Urban Form and Expansion Pattern Slow Down the Decline in Urban Densities: A Global Perspective

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The dimensions of global urban expansion: Estimates and projections for all countries, 2000–2050

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Pattern Metrics, Comparative Urban Research, Urban Modelling +19

Urban mobility and urban form: the social and environmental costs of different patterns of urban expansion

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