In the last decade, the peri-urbanization literature has attracted a lot of attention and many
scholars have tried to examine these areas from different dimensions, leading to a …

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 …

The spatial planning and sustainable management of peri-urban cultivated land are key
aspects of national development in many countries because of the continuing expansion of …

Urbanization has an abundant connotation in dimensions such as population, economy,
land, and society and is an important sign to measure regional economic development and …

This paper scrutinises European methods developed since 2010 for identifying urban, rural,
and intermediate areas, addressing the need for locally relevant and internationally …

Housing inequality is a pressing issue that affects the lives of millions of people worldwide.
This study aims to determine trends, generate insights, and identify knowledge gaps in …

Settlement and urban landscape quality is a vast field of research, ranging from studies on
“the shape of the city” to studies on functions and services performed by the urban …

The increased population and the fast expansion of urbanization were some of the global
main characteristics in the past decades. This expansion has shaped the diverse spatial …

To control urban sprawl, land use planners in China need to development-limiting
boundaries. As a type of development-limiting boundary, urban growth boundary (UGB) has …

This paper constructs and elaborates a theoretical model of urban economic efficiency
(UEE) from the perspective of urban scaling law. A framework of urban economic analysis is …