Urbanization, urban land expansion and environmental change in China

YD Wei, X Ye - Stochastic environmental research and risk …, 2014 - Springer
China's economic reforms and unprecedented growth have generated many fascinating
issues for scholarly research. An understanding of urbanization and land use change in …

Long-term impacts of transport infrastructure networks on land-use change: an international review of empirical studies

D Kasraian, K Maat, D Stead, B Van Wee - Transport reviews, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Improvements in geographical information systems, the wider availability of high-resolution
digital data and more sophisticated econometric techniques have all contributed to …

[HTML][HTML] The varying driving forces of urban expansion in China: Insights from a spatial-temporal analysis

G Li, S Sun, C Fang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2018 - Elsevier
Identifying the driving mechanisms and forces of urban expansion is an important step
toward better understanding of the spatial pattern, process, and consequences of urban …

Measuring the efficiency and driving factors of urban land use based on the DEA method and the PLS-SEM model—A case study of 35 large and medium-sized cities …

X Zhu, P Zhang, Y Wei, Y Li, H Zhao - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
Using 35 large and medium-sized cities data during 2007–2015, this study aims to measure
the efficiency of urban land use in different typical cities and estimate the effects of key …

How polycentric is urban China and why? A case study of 318 cities

X Liu, M Wang - Landscape and urban planning, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite much insightful work on polycentric urban development in China, there is a lack of
systematic comparison at the intra-city level. Therefore, this paper explores polycentric …

Spatial–temporal dynamics of urban green space in response to rapid urbanization and greening policies

X Zhou, YC Wang - Landscape and urban planning, 2011 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has caused many environmental impacts associated with the reduction
of green space. Having realized the important role of green space in urban ecosystems …

Urban land expansion and regional inequality in transitional China

YD Wei, H Li, W Yue - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017 - Elsevier
Rising inequality and spatial concentration in China have drawn considerable scholarly
interest and social concern. However, sources of spatial inequality in China remain under …

Quantifying spatio-temporal patterns of urban expansion in Beijing during 1985–2013 with rural-urban development transformation

Y Yang, Y Liu, Y Li, G Du - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Rural-urban development transformation has entered a crucial period with the development
of urbanization, informatization, industrialization and agricultural modernization. Quantifying …

Forty years of urban expansion in Beijing: What is the relative importance of physical, socioeconomic, and neighborhood factors?

X Li, W Zhou, Z Ouyang - Applied Geography, 2013 - Elsevier
Urban expansion is one of the major causes of many ecological and environmental
problems in urban areas and the surrounding regions. Understanding the process of urban …

Application of geographically weighted regression to the direct forecasting of transit ridership at station-level

OD Cardozo, JC García-Palomares, J Gutiérrez - Applied geography, 2012 - Elsevier
In recent years, station-level ridership forecasting models have been developed based on
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and multiple regression analysis. These models …