Tombolini, Ilaria; Zambon, Ilaria; Ippolito, Achille Maria - In: Economies : open access journal 3 (2015) 4, pp. 237-259
Given its unpredictable nature, urban sprawl in the Mediterranean region is considered an intriguing (and intricate) socioeconomic issue. Since the 1970s, urban dispersion advanced rapidly in southern Europe-irrespective of a city's size and morphology-with urbanization rates growing faster than...