Proposed operationalization of the dimensions of sprawl The next step in our research plan is to operationalize the foregoing dimensions of sprawl. We first divide land use into three types residential, nonresidential (although in principle nonresidential could be further subdivided, and nondevelopable. In some of our dimensions, the appropriate operational- ization considers only developable land; that island that is nondevel- 698 G. Galster, R. Hanson, M. Ratcliffe, H. Wolman, S. Coleman, and J. Freihage Figure 7. Mixed Uses The Degree to Which Two Different Land Uses
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