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 …

Hanoi is the political capital of Vietnam but still ranks second in importance after Ho Chi
Minh City, the economic hub of the country. Nonetheless, due to its ancient history, location …

Vietnam is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts, especially from
extreme weather events such as storms and floods. Thus, climate change adaptation is …

Over the last two decades, land acquisition for urbanization has caused a huge loss of
farmland on the fringes of Hanoi, Vietnam. Previous studies have often criticized this policy …

Abstract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been recognised as a major influence upon
urban development within emerging economies. As the focus of production shifted toward …

Urban expansion is a controversial process where territorial conflicts of differing interests
and objectives become manifest. The existing interpretations of urban expansion pay …

This research reviews the volume and the spatial pattern of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
over three decades in Vietnam. Since Vietnam embraced the market mechanism, Doi Moi, in …

Urbanization is a complex process that covers a wide range of topics, of which population,
industry and land urbanization are three important aspects. Jilin Province is an important …

We introduce a spatially-explicit sensitivity framework to uncover potential biases in urban
delineation approaches. Our starting point is that there is no broadly shared agreement on …

This study empirically analyzes factors influencing the coupling and coordinated
development of rural urbanization and rural finance. For this purpose, the study employs the …