The expansion of built-up area is the most noticeable form of urbanization-induced land
use/land cover (LULC) change. In the global cities of south, the urban sprawl is increasing …

Urban rail transit supports the development of megacities, while changes in urban spatial
structure affect the structure of urban rail transit networks and the carbon emissions of …

Timely and quantitatively evaluating regional eco-environmental quality (EEQ) is of great
significance for realizing regional sustainable development goals. Especially for cloudy …

The issue of spatial equity of Nature-Based Solutions in cities generally concerns the spatial
distribution of their benefits to local residents and other city users. In the context of flood risk …

The Characteristic Town (CT) program is one of the most notable strategies in China's
urbanization process in recent years, responding to the drawbacks of the past decades of …

China's socioeconomic transformation and rapid urbanization since the end of the 20th
Century have had an important impact on the social spatial structure of large cities. Social …

Urban green ecological space is an important measure of sustainable urban development.
Among them, landscape connectivity is one of the key factors in maintaining landscape …

The articles in this thematic issue represent a variety of perspectives on the challenges for
equity that are attributable to climate change. Contributions explore an emerging and …

An “Innerburb” is an urban structure that emerged between the 1950s and 1980s, settled in
rural areas, and is considered the first periphery of the Latin American city. This structure …

From the planning perspective, green infrastructure emerges as an effective strategy to
address the effects of climate change and its negative impacts on urban growth …