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Title: Cities as selective land predators? A lesson on urban growth, deregulated planning and sprawl containment
Authors: Colantoni, Andrea 
Grigoriadis, Efstathios
Sateriano, Adele
Venanzoni, Giuseppe
Salvati, Luca
Journal: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 
Issue Date: 2016
Abstract: 
The present study investigates changes in the use of land caused by the expansion of an informal city in the Mediterranean region (Athens, Greece) and it proposes a simplified methodology to assess selective land take at the scale of municipalities. The amount of land take over twenty years (1987-2007) for cropland, sparsely vegetated areas and natural land was compared with the surface area of the respective class at the beginning of the study period (1987). Indicators of selective land take by class were correlated with socioeconomic indicators at the scale of municipalities to verify the influence of the local context and the impact of urban planning on land take processes. Evidence indicates that urban expansion into fringe land consumes primarily cropland and sparse vegetation in the case of the Athens' metropolitan region. Cropland and sparse vegetation were consumed proportionally more than the respective availability in 16 municipalities out of 60. Agricultural land take was positively correlated with population density and growth rate, rate of participation to the job market and road density. Sparse vegetation land take was observed in municipalities with predominance of high density settlements. As a result of second-home expansion in coastal municipalities, natural land was converted to urban use in proportion to the availability in the landscape. Urban planning seems to have a limited impact on selective land take.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/47296
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.170
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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