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December 16, 2011: Urban sprawl in Switzerland - unstoppable?

Measuring and preventing urban sprawl

Urban sprawl in Switzerland has more than doubled since 1950. Its effects in the long term are alarming. A new method for measuring urban sprawl serves as an instrument to enable more objective discussion among policy-makers and politicians, to assess planning scenarios and to check the effects of urban sprawl prevention measures.

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