Weighted urban proliferation
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Weighted urban proliferation
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Weighted urban proliferation (WUP) is a method used for measuring urban sprawl. This method, first introduced by Jaeger et al. (2010), calculates and presents the degree of urban sprawl as a numeric value. The method is based on the premise that as the built-over area in a given landscape increases, and the more dispersed this built-up area becomes, and the higher the uptake of this built-up area per inhabitant or job increases, the higher the overall degree of urban sprawl. The WUP method, thus
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2024-03-30T09:41:03Z
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