Beyond average population density: Measuring sprawl with density-allocation indicators

Wrestling Sprawl to the Ground: Defining and measuring an elusive concept

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Social Sciences, Land-use Planning, Urban Planning +17

Is Los Angeles-Style Sprawl Desirable?

Reid Ewing · Journal of the American Planning Association · 1997 · 1.3K citations

Social Sciences, Regional Planning, Urban Planning +17

Impacts of Mixed Use and Density on Utilization of Three Modes of Travel: Single-Occupant Vehicle, Transit, and Walking

Lawrence D. Frank, Gary Pivo · Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board · 1994 · 905 citations

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Compact, Dispersed, Fragmented, Extensive? A Comparison of Urban Growth in Twenty-five Global Cities using Remotely Sensed Data, Pattern Metrics and Census Information

Annemarie Schneider, Curtis E. Woodcock · Urban Studies · 2008 · 881 citations

Social Sciences, Geography, Urban Planning +17

Urban Economic Theory: Land Use and City Size.

John B. Parr, Masahisa Fujita · The Economic Journal · 1990 · 724 citations

Social Sciences, Land-use Planning, Urban Planning +17