Orientation

Urban land

area (1990, km2)

Compaction Index (1990)

Urban land

area (2000, km2)

Compaction Index (2000)

Expansion Rate (km2/a)

Expand intensity index

NN

4.32

0.43

4.99

0.42

0.07

1.56

NE

19.76

0.44

24.60

0.28

0.48

2.45

EE

21.09

0.49

26.65

0.33

0.56

2.63

ES

6.29

0.66

8.12

0.61

0.18

2.91

SS

8.82

0.61

16.43

0.60

0.76

8.64

SW

20.08

0.49

29.03

0.56

0.90

4.46

WW

20.32

0.55

23.44

0.64

0.31

1.53

WN

8.43

0.55

9.76

0.41

0.13

1.58