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. 2014 Nov 6;11(11):11464–11480. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111111464

Table 5.

The factors related to city sprawl for Taiwan cities approaching or leaving the anticipated city plans on population, population density, and city planning area; comparing the annual surplus revenue and expenditures from 2002 to 2013.

Item City County 1 Total 1
City Planning Area Decreased 1 5 6
City Planning Area Increased 6 9 15
City Planning Area Unchanged 1 0 1
Population Leaving from Anticipated City Plans 8 12 20
Population Approaching to Anticipated City Plans 0 2 2
Population Density Leaving from Anticipated City Plans 6 12 18
Population Density Approaching to Anticipated City Plans 2 2 4
Negative Annual Surplus Revenue and Expenditures 5 11 16
Positive Annual Surplus Revenue and Expenditures 3 3 6

Source: This table was produced by this study and arranged from [1,17]; 1 The scale of development in counties was considered to cities’ scale in Taiwan; therefore, the total number of cities is 22. (Unit: number).