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Analysing and managing urban growth

Article Published 16 Feb 2011 Last modified 11 May 2021

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Over the last decades, continuous urban expansion at rates much higher than population growth has resulted in a massive urban footprint on Europe – fragmenting rural space, blocking ecosystem services and increasing the demand for transport and energy.