A comparative study of urban fragmentation patterns in small and mid-sized cities of Idaho

Christopher Felt, Michail Fragkias, Danelle Larson, Haifeng Liao, Kathleen A. Lohse, Donna Lybecker

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Abstract

Urbanization has a massive impact on ecological function and impedes the provisioning of environmental services. The interaction between urbanization and the environment has been researched extensively. However, the existing research focused on the urbanization characteristics of large metropolitan areas. In this paper, we investigate the urban fragmentation patterns of small and mid-sized cities in Idaho, USA. To capture the urban morphology for each site within the study we use both concentric ring and transect analysis as well as several spatial/landscape metrics. Our results show that the characteristics of urbanization in small and mid-sized cities (and those in second-tier regions that attract relatively little scholarly attention) are consistent with growth phase theory of urbanization, urbanization along a gradient, and urbanization patterns of metropolises.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)805-816
Number of pages12
JournalUrban Ecosystems
Volume21
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Oct 2018

Keywords

  • Idaho
  • Spatial metrics
  • Spatial pattern analysis
  • Urban growth
  • Urbanization

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