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Urban sprawl, also known as urban encroachment, is a low-density, intermittent advancement model that includes complicated multiple interactions of the social, ecological, economic, psychological, physical, structural, and engineering systems; it is highly complex and unpredictable in resilient city development. The disorderly growth of cities has irreversible environmental consequences. It is mostly represented in the expansion of the built environment and the encroachment of farmland, forestland, and grasslands.

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Kumareswaran, K., Jayasinghe, G.Y. (2023). Urbanization and Sustainable Urban Planning. In: Green Infrastructure and Urban Climate Resilience. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37081-6_3

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