Shrinking cities in growing China: Did high speed rail further aggravate urban shrinkage?

T Deng, D Wang, Y Yang, H Yang - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that China is becoming increasingly urbanised, some Chinese cities have
witnessed a loss of urban population. In recent years, with the extensive expansion of the …

How does urban expansion impact people's exposure to green environments? A comparative study of 290 Chinese cities

Y Song, B Chen, MP Kwan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the difference of greenspace in different urban areas is a critical requirement
for maintaining urban natural environment and lessening environmental inequality …

[HTML][HTML] Urban form, shrinking cities, and residential carbon emissions: Evidence from Chinese city-regions

X Liu, M Wang, W Qiang, K Wu, X Wang - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes the relationship between urban form, shrinking cities, and residential
carbon emissions, based on information collected for prefectural-level and above Chinese …

[PDF][PDF] Research progress of urban land use and its ecosystem services in the context of urban shrinkage

K WU, Y LI - Journal of Natural Resources, 2019 - jnr.ac.cn
With the transformation of international and domestic socio-economic environment, the new
phenomenon of urban shrinkage has emerged in some urban areas of China, and become …

Progress and major themes of research on urban shrinkage and its eco-environmental impacts

D Chen, C Fang, Z Liu - Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Urban shrinkage is the process of population loss, industrial and functional decline, and eco-
environmental deterioration due to various natural and human factors that occur once a city's …

Understanding urban shrinkage from a regional perspective: Case study of Northeast China

Z Ma, C Li, J Zhang - Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Urban shrinkage has become a worldwide phenomenon, and poses challenges to urban
planning and regional development strategies. Although numerous researchers have …

Study on the spatial-temporal pattern and evolution of surface urban heat island in 180 shrinking cities in China

X Peng, Y Zhou, X Fu, J Xu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Under the background of rapid urbanization, the urban heat island effect becomes more and
more intense, which is common in many big cities. However, it is unclear whether this …

[HTML][HTML] CO2 emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta

H Xiao, Z Duan, Y Zhou, N Zhang, Y Shan, X Lin, G Liu - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The implementation of CO 2 emission mitigation policies in cities is the key to China
achieving its national emission mitigation targets. China is experiencing rapid urbanization …

Quantitative identification and evolution trend simulation of shrinking cities at the county scale, China

D Guan, X He, X Hu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban shrinkage became increasingly obvious during the process of rapid urbanization. It is
important to understand the mechanism behind the formation and evolution of shrinking …

Identifying shrinking cities with NPP-VIIRS nightlight data in China

Z Jiang, W Zhai, X Meng, Y Long - Journal of Urban Planning and …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Although there has been a rapid urbanization in China since the 1980s, the simultaneous
urban shrinkage phenomenon has existed for a long time. The study of shrinking cities is …