Research Article
Urban Expansion Assessment in Huaihe River Basin, China, from 1998 to 2013 Using Remote Sensing Data
Table 3
Elastic coefficient of residential expansion and expanding type of city.
| | Year | Built-up area | Growth rate of nonagricultural population | Elasticity coefficient | Expansion type |
| | 1998–2001 | 0.90% | 7.25% | 0.12 | Insufficient expansion | | 2001–2004 | 54.12% | 23.74% | 2.28 | Rapid expansion | | 2004–2007 | 31.25% | 12.55% | 2.49 | Rapid expansion | | 2007–2010 | 40.13% | 19.32% | 2.08 | Rapid expansion | | 2010–2013 | 9.87% | 75.61% | 0.13 | Insufficient expansion |
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