The project attempts to provide innovative research on the economic consequences of the urban sprawl phenomenon. Measuring the impact of urban sprawl on the economy takes into account two stages:

• The first, urban sprawl, will be presented in numbers, unlike the common approach of presenting this phenomenon on a map. Quantified urban issues enable inclusion in economic modeling. Urban sprawl will be quantified as an index consisting of many forms (indicators) of the spatial structure creating the title phenomenon. This will also enable research on the profile of urban sprawl in Poland, i.e. a phenomenon dominated by one/several forms, as well as the impact of these forms on the condition of the economy. Quantification of the phenomenon therefore assumes research on the morphology of the spatial structure based on a grid of 1 km2 and 250 m2 squares. Based on the grid of squares, the following indicators are calculated: development density, spatial continuity, development concentration, development grouping, spatial centralization, land use diversity, nuclearity and proximity.
• The second stage is research on the impact of the phenomenon on the economy. Both the costs and benefits of urban sprawl will be analyzed in relation to the economy understood as a set of real sphere entities (households, enterprises) and regulations (municipalities, counties, regions, country). After collecting the data, the relationships between urban sprawl and the economy will be analyzed (including detailed analyzes for the entities mentioned) using statistical and econometric modeling along with the identification of costs and benefits. The relationship between urban sprawl and the economic condition of entities in the real sphere and regulations will also be indicated.

Team members: dr inż. Artur Hołuj (Assistant Propfessor), dr Piotr Serafin (Assistant Professor)