Wrestling Sprawl to the Ground: Defining and measuring an elusive concept

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Wrestling Sprawl to the Ground:
Defining and measuring an elusive
concept
George Galster a , Royce Hanson b , Michael R. Ratcliffe c Harold Wolman d , Stephen Coleman e & Jason Freihage ea Hilberry Professor of Urban Affairs, Wayne State University b Visiting Professor in the Policy Sciences Graduate Program,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County c Geographer in the Population Distribution Branch, Population
Division, US. Bureau of the Census d Director of the George Washington Institute of Public Policy and Professor in the Department of Political Science, George
Washington University e Graduate Research Assistant in the Policy Sciences Graduate
Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Published online 31 Mar 2010.