Urbanisation patterns in Europe since the 1950s have resulted in a swath of low-density
discontinuous development, commonly called peri-urban areas. These areas are …

The term peri‐urbanization has been widely used to describe a range of different processes
that transform rural areas to a mix of rural and urban spaces. Although there is a burgeoning …

Global losses of natural area are primarily attributed to cropland expansion, whereas the
role of urban expansion is considered minor. However, urban expansion can induce …

Urban land use is often characterized based on the presence of built-up land, while the land
use intensity of different locations is ignored. This narrow focus is at least partially due to a …

Globally, urban areas are growing at a faster rate than their population, potentially reducing
environmental sustainability due to undesirable land take in (semi) natural and agricultural …

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

Worldwide urbanization has brought about diverse types of urban land use and land cover
(LULC) changes. The diversity of urban land changes, however, have been greatly under …

Economic growth is inseparable from the input of land elements, and built-up land is the
most important category of land elements. Its spatial distribution and influencing factors play …

Urbanization as a global phenomenon is a multifaceted process. Here we do the first global
attempt to characterize the complexity of urbanization from 1975 to 2015 in terms of …

The urban-rural difference in economy is a key indicator of urban sustainability and socio-
economic development, especially when the rapid urbanization has taken place in China …