Assessing the Effect of Spatial Proximity on Urban Growth

Gomes, Eduardo; Banos, Arnaud; Abrantes, Patrícia; Rocha, Jorge

doi:10.3390/su10051308

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“…In addition, the effects of urban sprawl are rising values of the properties, urban explosion, unequal distribution of public amenities, distortion of city masterplan, and missing cultural identity [17,49]. The rapid urbanization, and non-controlled urban sprawl cause disruption in cultural and environmental components and other indirect factors also affect the city structure in Sulaymaniah [55].…”

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“…In this study, understanding the urban growth pattern is important to plan forward the future urbanization. In addition, defining the spatial development structure is helpful to develop the guidelines to increase the capabilities of monitoring urban expansion [49]. The original pattern of Sulaymaniah city was a compact organic arrangement in 1925 which occupied the current city center [40].…”

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Urbanization and Urban Sprawl Issues in City Structure: A Case of the Sulaymaniah Iraqi Kurdistan Region

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This novel study explores the driving forces and dynamics of rapid urbanization, highlighting the main causes and effects of urban explosion, environmental disruption, and city pattern transformation. This study was carried out that how urbanization and urban sprawl have influenced the structure of the city of Sulaymaniah in Kurdistan region of Iraq. This is because over the years many urban areas have experienced dramatic growth and population explosion that has resulted in the exhaustion of social amenities in the concerned communities. For this purpose, a qualitative method is used based on in-depth face-to-face interviews with local authority, including planners, architects, and experts of master planning, as well as professors in the academic institutions. This study also utilizes extensive document analysis to present the evolution of urban growth. The findings reveal that the autonomy, political conflict, non-implementation of master plans, and economic prosperity are the driving forces which are accelerating this urbanization process. It is proposed that the practical policies and strategic urban development plans are urgent requirement to control the unplanned urban growth and stimulate the desired sustainable future urban development.

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Urbanization and Urban Sprawl Issues in City Structure: A Case of the Sulaymaniah Iraqi Kurdistan Region

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“…By highlighting the complex interplay between population dynamics and metropolitan spatial structure in three Mediterranean cities, our study contributes to analysis of long-term urban transformations profiling morphological/functional traits and identifying individual trajectories of growth at the same time. The outcomes of this study represent a relevant knowledge base informing spatial planning and promoting urban strategies rethinking contemporary urbanization, rebalancing objectives of economic competitiveness and socio-ecological sustainability toward more inclusive and land-saving cities [92][93][94].…”

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Urban Growth and Demographic Dynamics in Southern Europe: Toward a New Statistical Approach to Regional Science

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Metropolitan growth in Europe has resulted in drastic changes of urban forms, socio-spatial structures and land-use patterns due to sequential processes of urbanization, suburbanization and re-urbanization. To assess latent shifts from mono-centric models towards more disarticulated and decentralized settlement configurations, the present study evaluates spatio-temporal patterns of growth between the 1920s and the 2010s in three Mediterranean cities with different structure and functions (Barcelona: compact and moderately polycentric; Rome: dispersed, medium-density; Athens: mono-centric, hyper-compact). To identify and characterize long-term urban transformations, an original approach was illustrated in this study, based on a multivariate analysis of 13 indicators resulting from descriptive statistics and linear regression modeling the relationship between population density and distance from inner cities. The empirical results of this study indicate that Barcelona, Rome and Athens have experienced different urbanization cycles, characterized by a (more or less) concentrated distribution of population along urban gradients. Despite similarities in demographic dynamics and planning practices, these processes have determined (i) a mostly centralized growth in Barcelona, (ii) a relatively dispersed and discontinuous spatial structure in Rome, and (iii) a steep decline of population density with the distance from downtown Athens. Compact urban expansion, population decline and urban de-concentration were finally assessed using the analytical approach proposed in this study.peri-urban landscapes [13]. Metropolitan areas in Europe have undergone changes in both structure and functions reflecting sequential cycles of compact and dispersed urbanization [14][15][16].The inherent differences in urbanization patterns and processes across countries make the identification of spatio-temporal dynamics of urban change progressively more difficult when considering the effects and consequences of exurban development [17][18][19][20]. Based on the intrinsic nature of societies and economic systems, recent transformations from mono-centric to polycentric structures have attracted rising attention among the social sciences [21][22][23][24]. The identification of mono-centric and polycentric patterns of growth has benefited from a broad range of approaches derived from different disciplines [5,[25][26][27]. Being an explicit target of the European Spatial Development Perspective [28], polycentrism in Europe has influenced forms of human settlements and socio-spatial structures altering the short-and medium-term dynamics of economic activity [29][30][31][32].Until the early 1990s, large metropolitan areas in Mediterranean Europe have been frequently considered as regions with structurally compact urban forms and functionally monocentric spatial organizations [33][34][35]. Leontidou [36] highlighted similarities in the individual trajectories of urban growth, leading to convergent socio-spatial profiles and homogeneous economic struc...

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“…Significant differences in landform, demographics, and economy create different types of expansion which researchers tend to classify differently [43]. Most classifications correspond to original urban patches and involve the physical diffusion process, especially at flatlands where the expansion is not limited by landform but by the development of surrounding area [44]. To this effect, location and spatial proximity are crucial factors [38,45].…”

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Simulating Uneven Urban Spatial Expansion under Various Land Protection Strategies: Case Study on Southern Jiangsu Urban Agglomeration

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2019

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Urban spatial expansion (USE) is an uneven process affected by both natural and human factors, and land use regulation policy is of significance. To indicate the potential effects of different policies at a regional scale and then improving them under the context of increasing emphasis on land protection, we take Southern Jiangsu Urban Agglomeration (SJUA) in eastern China as a case study. Based on USE simulation with a minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) model under four scenarios related with arable and ecological land protection, we analyze the spatial differentiation of newly added urban construction lands and examine the changes of urban system with fractal analysis. Results indicate the allocations of newly added urban construction land differs by scenarios as well as total expanding amounts, and larger cities tend to grow faster. The share of the four largest cities (Suzhou, Nanjing(S), Wuxi, and Changzhou) were mostly higher than 40%. Accordingly, the final area of all cities was linearly corrected with their extant sizes in 2010. However, the differentiated allocations of newly added urban lands related to both increasing expanding amounts and different scenarios caused differences in the said linear relationships and also influenced urban rank-size in different degrees. It is concluded that the MCR model is feasible for simulating regional scale urban expansion and land protection strategies do not induce dramatic changes to the basic structures of regional urban system, but they are slightly different as land protection strategies change. The spatial distribution of protected lands affect the differentiation of both the predicted expanding amount of different cities and the regional urban systems significantly. It is of importance to optimize the spatial distribution of protected lands to regulate regional scale USE patterns and also urban systems properly.

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Assessing the Effect of Spatial Proximity on Urban Growth

Cited by 22 publications

References 52 publications

Urbanization and Urban Sprawl Issues in City Structure: A Case of the Sulaymaniah Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Urbanization and Urban Sprawl Issues in City Structure: A Case of the Sulaymaniah Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Urban Growth and Demographic Dynamics in Southern Europe: Toward a New Statistical Approach to Regional Science

Simulating Uneven Urban Spatial Expansion under Various Land Protection Strategies: Case Study on Southern Jiangsu Urban Agglomeration

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