Abstract
Urban sprawl is known as an unsustainable process and outcome of urban growth. This chapter defines urban sprawl and discusses ways to measure sprawl, including various indices that quantify the magnitude and the extent of this unsustainable development. As a case study, this chapter discusses the measurement of the spatial structure of urban and suburban neighborhood sprawl using Memphis, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. Specifically, it applies the GIS-based analysis and uses the Shannon entropy measure. The Shannon entropy's common application is the metropolitan regional scale allowing for comparisons across different regions. Urban sprawl and blight both plague the metropolitan areas, and sprawl correlates with spatial inequality of various types, including income, also referred to as “twin problems” of the metropolitan region. Accordingly, this chapter's case study analyzes the link between urban sprawl and blight, testing a hypothesis that these key indicators are correlated with blight. The chapter adds to literature on GIS applications in urban sprawl analysis.
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