… reflect the urban spatial policies and plans, our … urban growth in our model, new spatial
features, such as the new road network or new urban center points, need to be reflected in spatial …

… need by using spatial dynamics modelling to project scenarios of urban expansion and land
… ) and urban occupation in the north coast of São Paulo using spatial dynamics modelling. …

… Calculation of urban spatial dynamics The urban spatial dynamics of Santiago were
evaluated from the reference maps of land use from 2010 and obtained from the integrated LUC …

… Shannon's entropy values of recent time confirms dispersed haphazard urban growth in
the city, particularly in the outskirts of the city. This also illustrates the extent of influence of …

… of urban growth are related to land cover, the functional to land use. Hence, temporal and
spatial urban growth indicates the spatial … /land use change at the level of the urban landscape. …

… We also find that differences in urban growth dynamics exist between the areas inside and
outside of the DZs. Finally, this paper discusses policies to promote sustainable development …

… of the Spanish urban system. We study the evolution of population growth among the group
of 722 municipalities included in the Spanish urban areas over the period 1900–2001. A …

… metrics were used both specifically to assess the impact of urban … the spatial and temporal
dynamics of urban growth. The metrics quantify the temporal and spatial properties of urban …

… needs for managing urban growth and decline … urban spatial dynamic models as beneficial,
and indeed essential, to modeling efforts that seek to better understand the coupled spatial …

… dynamics of urban growth and models its spatial determinants in China through a case study
of Suzhou, a rapidly industrializing and globalizing city. We conducted spatial … urban growth …