Fig. 1: Gridded surfaces from the historical settlement data compilation for the US (HISDAC-US) used in this study.
From: A century of decoupling size and structure of urban spaces in the United States
Built-up intensity depicted for the greater Atlanta metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in a 1910, b 1960 and c 2010. First built-up year composite shown for d greater Philadelphia and e for greater Rochester (New York). All datasets are at a spatial resolution of 250 × 250 m. Yellow lines represent MSA boundaries obtained from the US Census Bureau51, used as the primary analytical unit for this study.
