Research Article

Urban Sprawl in the Mediterranean Urban Regions in Europe and the Crisis Effect on the Urban Land Development: Madrid as Study Case

Table 5

Distances between new and existing urban land patches.

Number of new patchesAnnual incrementDistance from former patches MeanStandard deviation

2000–200651286429.8714.4
2006–200916555326.7340.3
2000–200962369410.8674.24

Source: Madrid Land-Use (MLU).