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Measuring the urban sprawl based on economic-dominated perspective: the case of 31 municipalities and provincial capitals

Qiqi Zhua School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China;b National Engineering Research Center of GIS, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5339-0829View further author information
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Meizhi Zengb National Engineering Research Center of GIS, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6957-0947View further author information
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Pengfei Jiaa School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, ChinaView further author information
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Mingqiang Guoa School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China;b National Engineering Research Center of GIS, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China;c School of Computer Science, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China;d Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shenzhen, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xun Lianga School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China;b National Engineering Research Center of GIS, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, ChinaView further author information
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Qingfeng Guana School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China;b National Engineering Research Center of GIS, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, ChinaView further author information
Received 03 Aug 2022, Accepted 07 Apr 2023, Published online: 16 May 2023

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