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Urban Sprawl: Characteristics of Sprawl, Spatial Forms of Sprawl

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Characteristics of Sprawl

Following are some characteristics of sprawl:

  • Sprawl manifests on periphery of the cities often in the non-urban areas of the fringe.
  • Sprawl results in piecemeal form of development where morphology is scattered and fragmented in pattern.
  • Sprawl is characterized by homogeneity of land use.
  • Sprawl happens without any centralized planning or exists under loose planning regime. It should not happen with proper growth management p…

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Urban Sprawl: Factors Affecting Sprawl

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Factors Affecting Sprawl

It is observed that the rate, at which a particular area grows, is not uniform in both time and space. There are several factors, which govern the growth rate. These factors are also responsible for the growth to continue in a particular direction.

  • Population Growth: Increase in population based on absolute growth and migration results in increasing urbanization and restructuring of dynamics of demography.
  • Transportation: Traffic nodes are another major factor, which initiate modern settlements that then continue to grow. Traffic patterns and location of means of transportation govern the type and rate of growth of such settlements.
  • Industry: Impetus generated due to the establish…

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