Degree and features of urban sprawl in selected largest Polish cities
Degree and features of urban sprawl in selected largest Polish cities

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article was to evaluate urban sprawl in Kraków, Wrocław and Łódź using a method based on publicly obtainable statistical data. The modified method of evaluation proposed by G. Galster et al. was used, which characterized urban sprawl by such land use indicators as: density, continuity, concentration, clustering, centrality, as well as mixed uses. The data for the calculation of these indicators came from The Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office of Poland and Google Earth. The results of the analysis indicated that the greatest degree of sprawl is observed in the urban area of Łódź, and each of the three cities studied has a different profile of sprawl.

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