@article{Cappelli:309920,
      recid = {309920},
      author = {Cappelli, Federica  and Guastella, Gianni and Pareglio,  Stefano },
      title = {Urban Sprawl and Air Quality in European Cities: an  Empirical Assessment},
      address = {2021-03-16},
      number = {2395-2021-959},
      series = {7.2021},
      pages = {21},
      month = {Mar},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {In this paper we estimate the relationship between urban  sprawl and a measure of air quality, namely the number of  days in which the PM10 concentration exceeds safeguard  limits in European Union cities. Building on a  multidimensional representation of sprawl, the paper  employs several indicators to account for built-up area  development, population density, and residential  discontinuity. The paper employs generalised additive  models to disentangle the non-linear effects in the  variables and the interaction effects of the three sprawl  dimensions. A significant and robust effect of urban  morphology emerges after controlling for socio-economic,  demographic, and climatic factors and the geographical  location of the city. We find that urban sprawl impacts  positively on pollutant concentration, but the effect is  highly context-specific because of threshold effects and  interactions.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/309920},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.309920},
}