Where is the peri-urban? A systematic review of peri-urban research and approaches for its identification and demarcation worldwide

M Sahana, J Ravetz, PP Patel, H Dadashpoor… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Metropolitan areas worldwide have grown rapidly and are usually surrounded by peri-urban
zones that are neither urban nor rural. Despite widespread use of the term 'peri-urban' …

[HTML][HTML] Review of peri-urban agriculture as a regional ecosystem service

SP Mulya, HPH Putro, D Hudalah - Geography and Sustainability, 2023 - Elsevier
The peri‑urban area possesses mixed characteristics of rural and urban areas, ie,
agricultural, and built-up land. This review explains various themes and concepts of peri …

Analysing interactions among the sustainable development goals: findings and emerging issues from local and global studies

J Alcamo, J Thompson, A Alexander, A Antoniades… - Sustainability …, 2020 - Springer
The topic of SDG interactions is a relatively new research area with many knowledge gaps.
Some of these gaps are addressed in this summary of a Special Feature of Sustainability …

Urban political ecology: Theoretical concepts, challenges, and suggested future directions

A Zimmer - Erdkunde, 2010 - JSTOR
Political Ecology is a highly dynamic research field within geographical studies on
development. Since Blaikie and Brookfield (1987) laid the foundations of the approach and …

Explaining objective forces, driving forces, and causal mechanisms affecting the formation and expansion of the peri-urban areas: A critical realism approach

H Dadashpoor, S Ahani - Land Use Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Accelerated urbanization in peri-urban areas of metropolises is one of the emerging issues
of the past decades which has numerous physical, social, economic, and environmental …

Global environmental justice and the right to water: The case of peri-urban Cochabamba and Delhi

L Mehta, J Allouche, A Nicol, A Walnycki - Geoforum, 2014 - Elsevier
This article applies the global environmental justice (GEJ) approach to the problem of
universal access to safe and potable water. Nowhere is the challenge more pressing than in …

[HTML][HTML] Land politics and settlers' responses to land tenure under threat in emerging peri-urban spaces in Zimbabwe

J Bhanye, RH Shayamunda, RI Mpahlo, A Matamanda… - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Drawing on the case study of Caledonia peri-urban settlement in Zimbabwe, this study
presents the complex struggles and responses undertaken by settlers to assert their access …

Marine litter and social inequities entangle Ecuadorian mangrove communities: Perceptions of plastic pollution and well-being concerns in Puerto Hondo and Isla …

K McMullen, A Tirapé, P Calle, J Vandenberg… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests of Ecuador's Gulf of Guayaquil are ecologically, culturally, and
economically important to local communities relying on them for artisanal fishing …

Peri-urban morphology and indigenous livelihoods in Ghana

PB Cobbinah, E Gaisie, L Owusu-Amponsah - Habitat International, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent studies indicate and predict rapid urban growth in developing countries. Such
growth results in physical transformation of the environment and changes to livelihood …

[HTML][HTML] Transformative innovation in peri-urban Asia

F Marshall, J Dolley - Research Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper draws on two case studies from India and China to discuss how and why rapidly
urbanizing contexts are particularly challenging for transformative innovation but are also …