This paper develops a set of quantitative variables to characterise urban forms at the
metropolitan level and, in particular, to distinguish compactness from'sprawl'. It first reviews …

One of the most controversial ideas in the debate on urban sustainability is that urban sprawl
causes problems of ecological stress. This widespread assumption has been tested by …

Metropolitan growth in Europe has resulted in drastic changes of urban forms, socio-spatial
structures and land-use patterns due to sequential processes of urbanization …

I investigate the effect of improvements to the transportation infrastructure on changes in
location patterns of population in Barcelona, Spain between 1991 and 2006. At a census …

While it is well recognized that US metropolitan areas are polycentric, there is little
consensus as to the appropriate method for identifying concentrations of employment within …

Are contemporary metropolitan regions becoming more dispersed? There are theoretical
arguments for both concentration and dispersal. The purpose of our research is to establish …

This paper seeks to extend the definition of a sub-centre beyond the usual definition as a
place with significantly larger employment density that has an effect on the overall …

At the present time, most large cities in the world are polycentric and, at the same time, they
are undergoing processes of employment decentralisation and deconcentration. It has been …

Recent evidence reveals that transportation's improvements within metropolitan areas have
a clear effect on population and job decentralization processes. Yet, very little has been said …

Bogotá's urban and regional planning has focused on pressing demographic, economic,
and urban development needs that can no longer be administered without a comprehensive …