An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia

[EN] Urban sprawl is now a common and threatening phenomenon in Europe, severely affecting environmental and economic sustainability. An analytical characterization and measurement of urban sprawl are required to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon and to propose the possible solutions. Tr...

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Autores: Gielen, Eric|||0000-0002-4591-2914, Palencia-Jiménez, José-Sergio|||0000-0002-9587-7379, Cantarino-Martí, Isidro|||0000-0002-9962-5734, Riutort-Mayol, Gabriel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Spatial planning
Urban planning
Cities
Land use
Multivariate factor analysis
URBANISTICA Y ORDENACION DEL TERRITORIO
INGENIERIA CARTOGRAFICA, GEODESIA Y FOTOGRAMETRIA
ECONOMIA APLICADA
INGENIERIA DEL TERRENO
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spelling An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in ValenciaGielen, Eric|||0000-0002-4591-2914Palencia-Jiménez, José-Sergio|||0000-0002-9587-7379Cantarino-Martí, Isidro|||0000-0002-9962-5734Riutort-Mayol, GabrielSpatial planningUrban planningCitiesLand useMultivariate factor analysisURBANISTICA Y ORDENACION DEL TERRITORIOINGENIERIA CARTOGRAFICA, GEODESIA Y FOTOGRAMETRIAECONOMIA APLICADAINGENIERIA DEL TERRENO[EN] Urban sprawl is now a common and threatening phenomenon in Europe, severely affecting environmental and economic sustainability. An analytical characterization and measurement of urban sprawl are required to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon and to propose the possible solutions. Traditional factor analysis techniques, especially Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis, have been commonly used. In this paper, we additionally test Independent Component Analysis with the aim to obtain a multidimensional characterization of the sprawl phenomenon. We also use Bayesian Factor Analysis to obtain a single (unidimensional) measuring index of sprawl, which also allows us to obtain the uncertainty of the inferred index, in contrast to traditional approaches. All these techniques have been applied to study the phenomenon of urban sprawl at the municipality level in Valencia, Spain using a wide set of variables related to the characteristics and patterns of urban land use.SAGE PublicationsDepartamento de UrbanismoEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Geodésica, Cartográfica y TopográficaDepartamento de Ingeniería del TerrenoEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y PuertosRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20172017-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/94472reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/944722026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia
title An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia
spellingShingle An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia
Gielen, Eric|||0000-0002-4591-2914
Spatial planning
Urban planning
Cities
Land use
Multivariate factor analysis
URBANISTICA Y ORDENACION DEL TERRITORIO
INGENIERIA CARTOGRAFICA, GEODESIA Y FOTOGRAMETRIA
ECONOMIA APLICADA
INGENIERIA DEL TERRENO
title_short An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia
title_full An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia
title_fullStr An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia
title_full_unstemmed An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia
title_sort An urban sprawl index based on multivariate and Bayesian factor analysis with application at the municipality level in Valencia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gielen, Eric|||0000-0002-4591-2914
Palencia-Jiménez, José-Sergio|||0000-0002-9587-7379
Cantarino-Martí, Isidro|||0000-0002-9962-5734
Riutort-Mayol, Gabriel
author Gielen, Eric|||0000-0002-4591-2914
author_facet Gielen, Eric|||0000-0002-4591-2914
Palencia-Jiménez, José-Sergio|||0000-0002-9587-7379
Cantarino-Martí, Isidro|||0000-0002-9962-5734
Riutort-Mayol, Gabriel
author_role author
author2 Palencia-Jiménez, José-Sergio|||0000-0002-9587-7379
Cantarino-Martí, Isidro|||0000-0002-9962-5734
Riutort-Mayol, Gabriel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Urbanismo
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Geodésica, Cartográfica y Topográfica
Departamento de Ingeniería del Terreno
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Spatial planning
Urban planning
Cities
Land use
Multivariate factor analysis
URBANISTICA Y ORDENACION DEL TERRITORIO
INGENIERIA CARTOGRAFICA, GEODESIA Y FOTOGRAMETRIA
ECONOMIA APLICADA
INGENIERIA DEL TERRENO
topic Spatial planning
Urban planning
Cities
Land use
Multivariate factor analysis
URBANISTICA Y ORDENACION DEL TERRITORIO
INGENIERIA CARTOGRAFICA, GEODESIA Y FOTOGRAMETRIA
ECONOMIA APLICADA
INGENIERIA DEL TERRENO
description [EN] Urban sprawl is now a common and threatening phenomenon in Europe, severely affecting environmental and economic sustainability. An analytical characterization and measurement of urban sprawl are required to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon and to propose the possible solutions. Traditional factor analysis techniques, especially Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysis, have been commonly used. In this paper, we additionally test Independent Component Analysis with the aim to obtain a multidimensional characterization of the sprawl phenomenon. We also use Bayesian Factor Analysis to obtain a single (unidimensional) measuring index of sprawl, which also allows us to obtain the uncertainty of the inferred index, in contrast to traditional approaches. All these techniques have been applied to study the phenomenon of urban sprawl at the municipality level in Valencia, Spain using a wide set of variables related to the characteristics and patterns of urban land use.
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