This study provides a brief evaluation of the relationship between trends in transport emissions and urban land-use by analysing correlation between transport CO₂ emissions data, GDP and population data with land-use change data from the CORINE database for EU Member States between 1990 and 2000.

It concludes that the correlation between transport CO₂ emissions and the increase of artificial land area is much stronger than the correlation between CO₂ emissions and GDP or population data. The paper argues that this correlation is a strong justification for using land-use based policies to reduce CO₂ emissions.

Bart , Istvan Laszlo. “Urban Sprawl and Climate Change: A Statistical Exploration of Cause and Effect, with Policy Options for the EU .” Land Use Policy . . http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837709000374 (accessed April 17, 2012).