Decline and sprawl: an evolving type of urban development – observed in Liverpool and LeipzigFootnote1

This paper is based upon work undertaken by the authors as a contribution to the URBS PANDENS research project examining the nature, causes and consequences of ‘urban sprawl in Europe’. This project is funded by the European Commission under Framework V. It is led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and involves collaborating universities and research centres in Athens, Leipzig, Liverpool, Ljubljana, Stockholm, Vienna and Warsaw. Besides, the authors would like to thank the anonymous referees for their constructive comments on a previous version of this article.

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