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Measuring sprawl in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: An urban sprawl index for comparative purposes
Author(s) -
Horn Anele,
Van Eeden Amanda
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
regional science policy and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.342
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1757-7802
DOI - 10.1111/rsp3.12109
Subject(s) - urban sprawl , geography , metropolitan area , index (typography) , cape , urban planning , environmental planning , land use , population , regional science , demography , civil engineering , computer science , engineering , archaeology , sociology , world wide web
This research proposes an urban sprawl index as a tool to comparatively analyse the extent of urban sprawl between cities and towns of different sizes, making use of cadastre, land use and population data over time. The Urban Sprawl Index (USI) for the Western Cape put forward by this research will enable the comparative measurement of the extent of urban sprawl proportionately between the Metropolitan and local municipalities in the province and thereby aid in understanding trends in formal and informal development processes, as well as the spatial planning instruments applied to guide development.