LEADER 04121nam 22007455 450 001 9910987691603321 005 20250317115256.0 010 $a9783031857997 010 $a3031857992 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-85799-7 035 $a(CKB)37916512200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-85799-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31963517 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31963517 035 $a(OCoLC)1509720233 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937916512200041 100 $a20250317d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEconomic Growth, Regional Disparities, and Urban Sprawl $eThe Mediterranean Experience /$fby Luca Salvati 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (VI, 163 p. 66 illus., 58 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aSpringer Geography,$x2194-3168 311 08$a9783031857980 311 08$a3031857984 327 $aLandscape and the City under economic growth -- Kaleidoscopic Morphologies -- Economic growth, spatial disparities and urbanization -- Metropolitan Sustainability, Urban Cultures, and the basis for ?Sprawled Cities?. 330 $aThis book gives a unique description of urban geography of Europe and specifically, Southern Europe, and provides a fine guide to urban complexity and resilience in the light of metropolitan sustainability. Sprawl is a multifaceted phenomenon that needs to be quantified with distinct measures and during an enough long observation period. Landscape change is recognized to be a relevant topic when studying the impact of urban growth and sprawl on peri-urban land. In the kaleidoscopic panorama of urban Europe, Mediterranean cities represent an element that breaks with the stereotypes of the 'old continent' urbanities. Originally developed according to a purely mono-centric structure, which grew radio-centrically with the progressive addition of satellite urban areas, Mediterranean cities have more recently oriented their growth path towards dispersed settlement models. This resulted in a high consumption of land, in contrast with the 'judicious compactness' that characterized the tumultuous development of the cities at least in the first three decades after World War II. This book tells, through narratives, photographs, qualitative-quantitative descriptions of landscapes, maps and indicators, the transition from a compact model?`judiciously mono-centric' and `land saving'?to contemporary sprawl, with practical implications in economic geography. The environmental, social and economic implications of this phenomenon, far from being a unique characteristic of the European Mediterranean region, have been also discussed, and the planning and policy implications addressed with respect to the individual ecological problems faced from time to time. 410 0$aSpringer Geography,$x2194-3168 606 $aGeography 606 $aEconomic geography 606 $aHuman geography 606 $aDemography 606 $aEnvironmental geography 606 $aUrban policy 606 $aRegional Geography 606 $aEconomic Geography 606 $aHuman Geography 606 $aSpatial Demography 606 $aIntegrated Geography 606 $aUrban Policy 615 0$aGeography. 615 0$aEconomic geography. 615 0$aHuman geography. 615 0$aDemography. 615 0$aEnvironmental geography. 615 0$aUrban policy. 615 14$aRegional Geography. 615 24$aEconomic Geography. 615 24$aHuman Geography. 615 24$aSpatial Demography. 615 24$aIntegrated Geography. 615 24$aUrban Policy. 676 $a910.021 700 $aSalvati$b Luca$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0329071 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910987691603321 996 $aEconomic Growth, Regional Disparities, and Urban Sprawl$94348815 997 $aUNINA