Sprawling development can affect species composition by increasing the rate of invasion by non-native species, and decreasing the persistence of native species. This paper briefly reviews the scientific literature on the impacts of sprawl on biological diversity, with specific emphasis on the influence of sprawl on non-native species richness. We then explore the relationship between sprawl and...

Increasing housing density has negative effects on native biodiversity. This implies that we should build at low density to conserve native species. However, for a given human population, low-density development must cover a large area, resulting in sprawl. A pertinent question is then, at what housing density are the impacts of a given human population on native biodiversity minimized? We addr...

PURPOSE To determine the relationship between urban sprawl, health, and health-related behaviors. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis using hierarchical modeling to relate characteristics of individuals and places to levels of physical activity, obesity, body mass index (BMI), hypertension, diabetes, and coronary heart disease. SETTING U.S. counties (448) and metropolitan areas (83). SUBJECTS...

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What is the average distance between two points on the sphere of radius n in a normed space? There is a natural choice of measure making this average-distance statistic into an affine invariant, and we explore the conjecture that the `2 and `∞ norms provide the two extreme values of this invariant on Rd for every d. 1. Introducing the sprawl Consider the following asymptotic geometric statistic...

one of the indicators of sustainable urban growth is the balance of development between different regions of the city, quality of the environment, equality in job opportunities, housing, basic services, social infrastructures, and transportation in urban areas. urban sprawl has some negative consequences. some of the consequences that are frequently mentioned are destroying green spaces, high c...

Research on urban development patterns and sprawl in the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) has received wide attention. However, existing research always made use of statistical data, which are not often available. Considering high availability satellite this study attempts to combine two satellite-acquired indexes, including area night-time light, evaluate YREB during 2012–2019. The methods i...

The standard thinking on 2-socket servers has been that, as long as they can handle the workload, 2-socket servers scaled out have provided historic price/performance, energy efficiency, and density advantages. In many cases, these designs, particularly with the latest Intel Xeon processors do perform well for smaller workloads. Before making any purchase though, organizations operating in toda...