Open AccessThe rural-urban interface, a territorial approach to the spatial fragmentation of urban sprawl
Author(s) -
Javier Delgado
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
dela - oddelek za geografijo filozofske fakultete v ljubljani
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.162
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1854-1089
pISSN - 0354-0596
DOI - 10.4312/dela.21.543-555
Subject(s) - urban sprawl , urbanization , geography , economic geography , fragmentation (computing) , environmental planning , natural (archaeology) , regional science , economic growth , urban planning , civil engineering , computer science , archaeology , engineering , economics , operating system
In the article influences of the urbanisation of outskirts of big cities in Mexico on natural environment as a whole and on individual elements thereof are analysed, in view of degra-dation as well as development factors. The so-called contact zone is hereby pointed out, including all its urbanisation changes. Conclusions are based on a qualitative evaluation and the so-called contact-spatial reclassification.