The two major drivers of urban development. (IMAGE)

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The two major drivers of urban development.

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The two major drivers of urban development, measured in this paper, are: 1) expansion (panel a to b), or the aerial growth of developed land, and 2) structure density (panel f to g), or the addition of more or bigger structures to already developed areas. An example of high expansion within SLR zones [30] is in Fort Meyers, FL where developed land rapidly expanded after 1950 (panels c-e). Los Angeles, CA is an example of high growth of structure density within SLR zones, particularly after 1950 (panels h-j).

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Braswell et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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