Compact development policy and urban resilience: a critical review

A Dehghani, M Alidadi, A Sharifi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sustainable development and urban resilience are dominant urban planning paradigms that
have become buzzwords in urban planning and policy domains over the past 2–3 decades …

Building in or out? Examining urban expansion patterns and land use efficiency across the global sample of 466 cities with million+ inhabitants

S Chakraborty, I Maity, H Dadashpoor, J Novotnẏ… - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
Expansion of urban areas accompanied by decreasing population density results in
inefficient urban growth from a spatial-ecological perspective. This study examines …

The impact of multiple dimensions of urbanization on CO2 emissions: a spatial and threshold analysis of panel data on China's prefecture-level cities

F Yao, H Zhu, M Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The extant literature has debated the impact of urbanization on CO 2 emissions with a focus
on population urbanization but has paid little attention to the other dimensions of …

The antagonistic effect of urban growth pattern and shrinking cities on air quality: Based on the empirical analysis of 174 cities in China

Y Rao, C Wu, Q He - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Air pollution is an important issue facing the sustainable development of cities. In the context
of rapid urbanization in China, a considerable number of cities show the coexistence of …

[HTML][HTML] Land use efficiency of functional urban areas: Global pattern and evolution of development trajectories

M Schiavina, M Melchiorri, S Freire, P Florio… - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of last-generation spatial data modelling, integrating Earth Observation,
population, economic and other spatially explicit data, enables insights into the sustainability …

The spatio-temporal dynamics of urban growth and population in metropolitan regions of Iran

B Bagheri, A Soltani - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
The spatial configuration and the dynamics of urban physical growth are important topics of
analysis in contemporary urban studies. This paper examined urban land expansion and …

Fine allocation of sectoral carbon emissions at block scale and contribution of functional zones

X Ma, J Yang, D Sun, R Zhang, X Xiao, J Xia - Ecological Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid development of cities has resulted in a substantial increase in carbon emissions,
which has a detrimental impact on the environment. Previous studies had focused on large …

Effects of urban form on carbon emissions in china: implications for low-carbon urban planning

S Zheng, Y Huang, Y Sun - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbon emissions are closely related to global warming. More than 70% of global carbon
emissions have been generated in cities. Many studies have analyzed the effects of cities on …

Does a more compact urban center layout matter in reducing household carbon emissions? Evidence from Chinese cities

WW Qiang, T Wen, H Luo, B Huang, HF Lee - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, compact urban development and carbon emissions reduction have been
considered essential approaches for achieving sustainable development goals worldwide …

Scaling of Chinese urban CO2 emissions and multiple dimensions of city size

C Yang, S Zhao - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Cities are both the primary cause of global climate change and the key to the mitigation
agenda. China's unprecedented urbanization has paralleled a growth in energy demand …