Urban sprawl and its economic, social, and environmental consequences are central issues
for approaching more sustainable forms of life and production. This review provides a broad …

Cities are becoming increasingly important in combatting climate change, but their overall
role in global solution pathways remains unclear. Here we suggest structuring urban climate …

The compact city has become part of the policy orthodoxy in dealing with climate change
and other sustainability challenges, and scholars from a diverse set of disciplines have …

Open-space preservation is a planner's issue that is constantly debated, in particular on the
success of the implemented instruments. Assessments of policy effectiveness face many …

Since the inception of modern urban planning in the early 20th century, numerous urban
planning policies have been introduced that seek to steer urban form towards desired …

During the 1990s, the phenomenon of urban sprawl received growing attention in the
international planning debate. However, a survey of the literature yields no agreement in …

ABSTRACT E-scooters have recently emerged as an alternative means of transportation in
cities. It remains unclear whether e-scooters compete for users with bicycles–another mode …

With rapid urbanization, cities plays an increasingly key role in addressing CO 2 emission-
related issues. This study aims at analysing the spatial relation between city size and CO 2 …

Many studies on travel-induced residential self-selection assume that travel attitudes are
strong enough to influence people's residential decisions. Using quantitative and qualitative …

In this paper, we present methods to assess the homogeneity of the settlement landscape
and to identify settlement clusters in terms of location and size. Due to various input data …