Driven by urban growth in hazard prone areas such as along coasts or rivers as well as by
climate change induced sea-level rise and increase in extreme rainfall, flood risk in urban …

Existing studies on spatial justice discuss how different aspects of spatial injustices
repeatedly deprive the poor and low-income urban dwellers of access to urban amenities …

Urban resilience is increasingly considered a useful approach to accommodate
uncertainties. As an important material basis of the urban system, the land is one of the most …

Existing studies on the human development approach discuss how eliminating capability
deprivation and enlarging people's choice led to improvement on their overall wellbeing …

This article presents a systematic review of the literature and directions for future research
on property rights in informal settlements. This research meets the academy's strategic …

As informal settlements, urban villages have aggravated social conflicts and affected the
habitability of human settlements, and necessitating urgent reconstruction. In view of the …

Community-led land ownership can contribute to environmental justice in disaster-prone
areas, particularly as it protects vulnerable communities from market-driven displacement …

Although gated communities (GCs) have spread globally, their prevalence in China is often
attributed to China's unique tradition of gated living. In 2016, China announced policy …

Public housing, a crucial component of the welfare state, is often viewed as an economic
burden. We confront this conventional view and provide an alternative understanding of …

As the fundamental unit of urban governance, communities are the grassroots for
responding to and facing disasters directly, and their resilience to disaster risks has …