Can master planning control and regulate urban growth in Vientiane, Laos?

Sharifi, Ayyoob; Chiba, Yoshihiro; Okamoto, Kohei; Yokoyama, Shinobu; Murayama, Akito

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.07.014

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“…The development of neighbors will certainly induce the local expansion of urban land [33]. In addition, urban planning has always been closely associated with urban land expansion in developing socialist countries [15,34].…”

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Spatial Determinants of Urban Land Expansion in Globalizing Nanjing, China

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This paper proposes a cost-benefit framework to address the role of parcel and neighborhood conditions, as well as government policies, and investigates the spatial determinants of urban land expansion in Nanjing, one of the sub-centers of the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). Using spatial regression models, we find the significance of the economy of scale, agglomeration, accessibility, and government policies in Nanjing's urban growth. In the earlier stage, urban expansion in Nanjing was mainly driven by the development of infrastructure. Since entering the 21st century, the emerging commercial and industrial sub-centers have become the major centers of growth, which has changed Nanjing's spatial structure from compact monocentric to a polycentric one. We also highlight the importance of government policies that have been strengthened by various national strategies, including the "New-type Urbanization" and "Beautiful China" strategies. Different from cities in the Pearl River Delta, Nanjing has a more significant top-down process in its development, which indicates that the municipal government of Nanjing is playing a more important role in urban growth.

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Section: Conceptual Framework and Determining Factorsmentioning

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Spatial Determinants of Urban Land Expansion in Globalizing Nanjing, China

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“…When city development becomes growth-led and centered on entrepreneurial governance, it is impossible for the LUMP to control urban expansion. This phenomenon exists not only in Nanjing, but also in other cities, such as Vientiane (Sharifi et al 2014), Lisbon (Padeiro 2016), Barcelona (Pa€ ul and Tonts 2005).…”

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“…Because of the large population and scarcity of farmland per capita, farmland resources are increasingly crucial for humankind to feed a growing population (Liu, Zhao, and Song 2017). However, urban expansion and the continued encroachment on agricultural land is a worldwide phenomenon, not only in America , Europe (Hennig et al 2015), Japan (Millward 2006), but also in most cities in developing countries, such as Ho Chi Minh (Huynh 2015) and Vientiane (Sharifi et al 2014).…”

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“…Land taken by rapid urban expansion is often fertile and suitable for crop production, which proposes a challenge for food security (Bren d'Amour et al 2017;Seto and Ramankutty 2016;van Vliet, Eitelberg, and Verburg 2017). Urbanization, which changes people's consumption and lifestyle, could increase greenhouse-gas emission and affect the carbon cycle (Marcotullio et al 2014;Rosa and Dietz 2012;Seto and Shepherd 2009;Sharifi et al 2014). Urban expansion is one of the primary drivers of habitat loss, and species extinction (G€ uneralp and Seto 2013;Seto et al 2011).…”

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“…Also, scholars have identified that decentralization, globalization, and marketization can influence urban land use expansion (Chen, Gao, and Chen 2016;Huang et al 2015). Recent studies have also augured that political and institutional forces are stimulating urban expansion, such as governmental intervention (Lin and Zhang 2015;Shu et al 2017) or governmental administrative 513 PLAN AND URBAN EXPANSION conflicts (Huynh 2015;Sharifi et al 2014). Research has also analyzed the role of local tax bases in urban expansion (Carruthers 2003;Carruthers and Ulfarsson 2002).…”

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Can the Land Use Master Plan Control Urban Expansion and Protect Farmland in China? A Case Study of Nanjing

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Urbanization represents a challenge for plans aimed at controlling urban expansion and protecting farmland, such as the land use master plan (LUMP) instituted by the Chinese national government. This paper studies the effectiveness of such top–down plans under the authoritarian regime through the case study of Nanjing. In contrast to previous studies that compare actual and planned land‐use maps, we compare actual and planned land‐use patterns. We use land‐use change data to examine spatio‐temporal land‐use change between the years 1997 and 2014. The results indicate that the actual amount of urban‐rural built‐up land exceeded planned regulatory amount by 50,185 ha and the total farmland was 70,541 ha less than the target outlined in the LUMP (1997–2010). Based on these results, and the fact that the allowed total urban‐rural built‐up land had already been surpassed in 2014, it is to be expected that the target of farmland protection outlined in the LUMP (2006–2020) will be broken, signaling the ineffectiveness of the plan to control urban expansion and protect farmland. Plan‐led developments (e.g., new towns, development zones) and market forces (e.g., housing market, foreign direct investment) explain these developments. This study indicates that when cities embrace “growth‐led” development and entrepreneurial governance, the ability of plans to control urban expansion and protect farmland is severely limited.

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Can master planning control and regulate urban growth in Vientiane, Laos?

Cited by 73 publications

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Spatial Determinants of Urban Land Expansion in Globalizing Nanjing, China

Spatial Determinants of Urban Land Expansion in Globalizing Nanjing, China

Can the Land Use Master Plan Control Urban Expansion and Protect Farmland in China? A Case Study of Nanjing

Sustainability and Resilience Co-Benefits and Trade-Offs of Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Measures

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