Winter 2000 — Volume 2 Issue 4

 
   

Urban Sprawl Indicators Rankings

 

Density

Concentration

Compactness

Centrality

Nuclearity

Proximity

Total

Rank

CITY
(ranked least to most sprawling)

 

Least

New York

1

1

3

1

1

1

8

1

 

Philadelphia

6

4

2

2

2

9

25

2

Chicago

4

6

4

9

4

3

30

3

Boston

10

2

6

3

3

6

30

3

Los Angeles

2

8

13

8

9

2

42

5

San Francisco

5

3

12

13

5

5

43

6

Houston

11

6

1

4

13

10

45

7

Washington, DC

8

9

6

5

8

11

47

8

Dallas

12

4

5

10

12

4

47

8

Denver

7

12

8

6

7

13

53

10

Detroit

9

10

10

11

6

7

53

10

Miami

3

11

8

12

11

12

57

12

Most

Atlanta

13

13

11

7

10

8

62

13