Urban Sprawl in the Mediterranean Urban Regions in Europe and the Crisis Effect on the Urban Land Development: Madrid as Study Case

Table 4

Changes in number and average size of urban patches.

	2000–2006		2006–2009		2000–2009
	Total	% annual	Total	% annual	Total	% annual
Total	264	1.15	29	0.24	293	0.85
Mean size	1.26	1.07	0.89	1.43	2.15	1.22
Standard deviation	5.66	1.05	3.55	1.24	9.21	1.14

Source: Madrid Land-Use (MLU).