The rapid increase of urban population during the 21 st century has led to the expansion of
metropolises and increased demand for land in peri-urban areas, which are often the object …

In the last decade, the peri-urbanization literature has attracted a lot of attention and many
scholars have tried to examine these areas from different dimensions, leading to a …

Due to rapid urbanization, Indian cities have faced serious environmental problems,
including pollution, loss of urban green space, increasing heat island phenomena, and …

Even though urban land-use change simulations provide useful information for decision
makers, planning is generally weakly integrated into land-change modelling. However, the …

Metropolitan Urban Mamminasata South Sulawesi, Indonesia as the object of study is
explored in the core-peripheral spatial interaction towards the formation of suburban service …

Several cities in the world have been subjected to urban sprawl. For instance, in India, this
process is responsible for environmental degradation. The case of Siliguri Municipal …

Rapid urbanisation causes large urban conversions of natural and agricultural land to non-
agricultural use. Research on urban expansion has typically disregarded gradient …

Planning policies are important drivers of spatial evolution in Chinese metropolitan areas;
however, research on the impact of planning policy implementation on the spatial evolution …

Boosting the coordination and symbiosis of urbanization and forest ecological security is
notably critical for promoting regional green and sustainable development and achieving …

Urban development if not planned and managed adequately can be unsustainable. Urban
growth models have been a powerful toolkit to help tackling this challenge. In this paper, we …