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Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Growth in Latin American Cities: An Analysis Using Nighttime Lights Imagery

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dc.contributor.authorDuque, Juan C.
dc.contributor.authorLozano-Gracia, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorPatino, Jorge E.
dc.contributor.authorRestrepo, Paula
dc.contributor.authorVelasquez, Wilson A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T18:45:31Z
dc.date.available2019-01-31T18:45:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.description.abstractThe impact of urban form on economic performance and quality of life has been extensively recognized. The studies on urban form have focused in developed countries; only a few cities in developing countries have been studied. This paper utilizes nighttime lights imagery and information on street networks, automatically retrieved from OpenStreetMap, to calculate a series of spatial metrics that capture different aspects of the urban form of 919 Latin American and Caribbean cities. The paper classifies these cities into clusters according to these spatial metrics. It also studies the relationship between the urban form metrics and some factors that can correlate with urban form (topography, size, colony, and economic performance) and performs a spatio-temporal analysis of urban growth from 1996 to 2010. Among the results, the paper highlights the identification of five typologies of cities, the tendency of a group of cities to grow at a steeper slope, some worrying cases of urban growth over protected areas, and a trend toward increasing sprawl in some Latin American and Caribbean cities.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/360261547564934322/Spatio-Temporal-Dynamics-of-Urban-Growth-in-Latin-American-Cities-An-Analysis-Using-Nighttime-Lights-Imagery
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8702
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31170
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8702
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSPATIAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectSATELLITE IMAGERY
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectREMOTE SENSING
dc.subjectCLUSTER ANALYSIS
dc.subjectURBAN PLANNING
dc.titleSpatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Growth in Latin American Citiesen
dc.title.subtitleAn Analysis Using Nighttime Lights Imageryen
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okr.crossref.titleSpatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Growth in Latin American Cities: An Analysis Using Nighttime Lights Imagery
okr.date.disclosure2019-01-15
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/360261547564934322/Spatio-Temporal-Dynamics-of-Urban-Growth-in-Latin-American-Cities-An-Analysis-Using-Nighttime-Lights-Imagery
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8702
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0868772e3_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum30760921
okr.identifier.reportWPS8702
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/360261547564934322/pdf/WPS8702.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.geographicalCaribbean
okr.region.geographicalCentral America
okr.region.geographicalLatin America
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okr.statistics.dr360261547564934322
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okr.topicTransport::Transport Economics Policy & Planning
okr.topicUrban Development::National Urban Development Policies & Strategies
okr.topicUrban Development::Regional Urban Development
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Economic Development
okr.topicUrban Development::Urban Economics
okr.unitSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice
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