Urban sprawl is one of the significant topics in urban planning and land use management,
yet it remains an ambiguous and debatable concept with different meanings for individuals …

For nearly one decade, the German political and research-agenda has been to a large
extent determined by the ongoing question of how to limit the expansion of settlement areas …

Bangalore is experiencing unprecedented urbanisation and sprawl in recent times due to
concentrated developmental activities with impetus on industrialisation for the economic …

This paper reviews the research work on a relatively particular area–planning support
systems (PSS) for urban land use planning (ULUP) from their emergence to the present. To …

Resource-efficient growth, which is characterized as integrated land use and trans-portation
development, is cost effective and stimulates growth while reducing environmental impact …

Planning practice has evolved from technocratic to participatory approaches. This is driven
by the need to ensure that the stakeholders of development programmes are involved in …

Developing cities are experiencing substantial gaps in urban planning. They are due to
approaches and instruments that do not correspond to the realities of the developing city …

Disasters and climate change threaten the very existence of a special group of developing
states-Small Island Developing States (SIDS). This research tackles the problem of limited …

Land use planning plays an important role in improving land use patterns and conditions in
cities. Land resources are very limited in many high-density cities such as Hong Kong and …

Urbanization and associated spatial development in the global south cities exert a lot of
pressure on urban infrastructure provision and management. Indian metropolitan cities such …