Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land-Use Change & Policy

Urban sprawl is one of the most important types of land-use changes currently affecting Europe. It increasingly creates major impacts on the environment (via surface sealing, emissions by transport and ecosystem fragmentation); on the social structure of an area (by segregation, lifestyle changes and neglecting urban centres); and on the economy (via distributed production, land prices, and issues of scale). Urban Sprawl in Europe: landscapes, land-use change & policy explains the nature and dynamics of urban sprawl. The book is written in three parts. Part I considers contemporary definitions, theories and trends in European urban sprawl. In part II authors draw upon experiences from across Europe to consider urban sprawl from a number of perspectives:Infrastructure-related sprawl, such as can be seen around Athens; Sprawl in the post-socialist city, as typified by Warsaw, Leipzig and Ljubljana; Decline and sprawl, where a comparative analysis of Liverpool and Leipzig shows that sprawl is not confined to expanding cities; Sprawl based on the development of second homes as found in Sweden, Austria and elsewhere.In part III a formal qualitative model of sprawl is developed. Policies for the control of urban sprawl and the roles of different stakeholders are considered. Finally, a concluding chapter raises questions about the nature and dynamics of these new urban landscapes and their sustainability.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: Definitions, Theories and Methods of Comparative Analysis (pages 1–38): Chris Couch, Lila Leontidou and Karl?Olov ArnstbergChapter 2 Sprawl in European Cities: The Comparative Background (pages 39–67): Diana Reckien and Jay KarechaChapter 3 Infrastructure?Related Urban Sprawl: Mega?Events and Hybrid Peri?Urban Landscapes in Southern Europe (pages 69–101): Lila Leontidou, Alex Afouxenidis, Elias Kourliouros and Emmanuel MarmarasChapter 4 Sprawl in the Post?Socialist City: The Changing Economic and Institutional Context of Central and Eastern European Cities (pages 102–135): Natasa Pichler?Milanovic, Malgorzata Gutry?Korycka and Dieter RinkChapter 5 Decline and Sprawl: Urban Sprawl is not Confined to Expanding City Regions (pages 136–162): Henning Nuissl, Dieter Rink, Chris Couch and Couch KarechaChapter 6 No Place Like Second Home: Weekends, Holidays, Retirement and Urban Sprawl (pages 163–180): Karl?Olov Arnstberg and Inger BergstromChapter 7 Modelling Urban Sprawl: Actors and Mathematics (pages 181–216): Matthias Ludeke, Diana Reckien and Gerhard Petschel?HeldChapter 8 Lines of Defence: Policies for the Control of Urban Sprawl (pages 217–241): Henning Nuissl and Chris CouchChapter 9 Urban Sprawl and Hybrid Cityscapes in Europe: Comparisons, Theory Construction and Conclusions (pages 242–267): Lila Leontidou and Chris Couch