Physical location factors of metropolitan and rural sprawl: Geostatistical analysis of three Mediterranean areas in Southern Spain

- Evolutionary study of several sprawl types at a local scale
- Comparison between sprawl patterns linked to different processes
- Analysis of the degree of saturation of tourism and second-home development in rural areas
- Method for assessing the probability of scattered buildings appearing in a particular area
- New geostatistical approach for comparing location factors of new buildings in different types of sprawl