Urban regions worldwide are increasingly facing the challenge of dealing with highly
dynamic metropolitan growth and, at the same time, institutional changes like …

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 …

Rapid urbanization in Asian developing countries has led to large urban agglomerations
called “megacities.” The Jakarta megacity keeps growing and has extended along a corridor …

Cities for Profit examines the phenomenon of urban real estate megaprojects in Asia—
massive, privately built planned urban developments that have captured the imagination of …

Rapid urbanization in Asia puts strong pressure on densely populated agricultural land in
the peri-urban zone. It has created a specific feature, namely 'Desakota', as a mixed urban …

Agricultural land conversion (ALC) is an incentive-driven process. In this paper, we further
investigate the inter-relationship between land economic value (LEV) and ALC. To achieve …

The concept of informality has often been misunderstood. Its, especially, urban character is
rarely appreciated. With respect to urban development, it was once thought to distinguish the …

Areas at risk of land subsidence in Jakarta can be identified using a land subsidence
susceptibility map. This study evaluates the quality of a susceptibility map made using …

Urbanization and rapid population growth pose the cities in front of massive challenges in
terms of environmental impacts. This paper explores recent progresses in mapping …

Urban areas play a key role in reaching global sustainability as they produce a high number
of waste and emission, consume a lot of resources, and perform as the prime mover of …