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Sources of Sprawl in Florida's Older Urbanized Areas
Results from the Holdren method (and in parentheses the simple ratio method)*

Urbanized Area

% of Total Sprawl
related to GROWTH IN PER CAPITA LAND CONSUMPTION was:

% of Total Sprawl
related to POPULATION GROWTH
was:

Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach

(0%) 0%

100% (100%)

Gainesville

(16%) 20%

80% (84%)

Jacksonville

(9%) 10%

90% (91%)

Miami-Hialeah

(0%) 0%

100% (100%)

Orlando

(2%) 3%

97% (98%)

Pensacola

(51%) 51%

49% (49%)

Tallahassee

(33%) 37%

63% (67%)

Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater

(12%) 15%

85% (88%)

W. Palm Beach-Boca Raton- Delray Beach

(0%) 0%

100% (100%)

Mean of percentages

(14%) 15%

85% (86%)

Weighted average**

(0%) 0%

100% (100%)

* Holdren method explained in Appendix D. Simple ratio method described in Section 5.1.
** Land and population for all cities are calculated together.

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