Soil Matters? A Multivariate Analysis of Socioeconomic Constraints to Urban Expansion in Mediterranean Europe

Zambon, Ilaria; Benedetti, A.; Ferrara, Carlotta; Salvati, Luca

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.10.015

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“…Therefore, international studies in this area have been more focused on urban expansion and farmland protection. Urban expansion involves the development stage, influencing factors, and formation mechanism of land expansion, as well as the problems of the layout of urban and rural construction with expansion, which covers economic, social, ecological, and other aspects [15][16][17][18][19]. In terms of farmland protection, scholars have conducted many beneficial studies, mainly pertaining to the causes of farmland protection [20], objectives [21], methods [22,23], effects [24,25], the public's willingness to support farmland protections [26,27], and saving soil for sustainability [28], which would help promote the innovation of farmland conservation methods.…”

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Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing

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As an effective land policy that can invigorate rural construction areas and balance urban and rural development, land tickets not only concretely embody the land resource-asset-capitalization process, but also bring economic benefits to the farmers concerned. However, from the perspective of resource-asset-capitalization, the specific environmental impacts and economic costs of the process in land tickets and the changes in the values of ecosystem services need to be considered. This paper uses land tickets in Yanba, Jiangjin, Chongqing as an example, combined with life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle cost assessment (LCC), and methods for the evaluation of ecosystem services to quantify the environmental load, economic costs, and changes in the value of ecosystem services in the process of land resource-asset-capitalization. Moreover, through this analysis, we attempted to determine the contributions of different environmental indicators and the key links restricting the whole process of land resource-asset-capitalization. On this basis, through a sensitivity analysis, we explored the possibility of reducing environmental impact during the whole process of land resource-asset-capitalization. Through this research, we sought to explore the realization process of land tickets and to enrich the empirical research on land resource-asset-capitalization.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1236 2 of 23 very limited due to the uneven development of its economy, the uneven distribution of its resources, and its large population base. At the same time, with the adjustment of China's macroeconomic policies and the changes in personal development intentions, increasingly more rural people have begun to leave the countryside for better development opportunities in cities [7][8][9][10]. However, due to limited land resources, a large amount of cultivated, high-quality land will inevitably be occupied to meet the needs of the increasing urban population in the process of China's urbanization. If a series of compensation measures are not taken, the ultimate result of this development model is likely to endanger China's red line of 120 million hectares of arable land and aggravate the contradiction between humans and the land. Taking China's land resources as an example, it is necessary to explore the future of China's land resources under the background of economic development.In order to develop and utilize land resources rationally, the Chinese government began to attach importance to the capitalization construction of natural resources. The "resource-asset-capital" trinity of land resource management idea, put forward by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China, is the most prominent of these measures. The Ministry of Natural Resources noted that natural resources should be managed gradually according to the "trinity" relationship of resources to assets and assets to capital, to revitalize existing limited natural resources and to help utilize idle natural resources to the greatest extent. The operation a...

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Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing

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“…Population expansion fuelled by internal and international immigration, a more consolidated urban tradition, rising class segregation, real estate speculation, planning deregulation and restricted participation to public decisions on land use, have been identified as key dimensions associated with settlement densification and population concentration in southern Europe [38][39][40][41]. Based on these findings, large Mediterranean cities have usually been grouped into a homogeneous class of cities distinct from (i) the 'affluent city' prototypes of the United States and of north-western/central Europe; (ii) the centralized urban system typical of eastern Europe; and (iii) the rapidly-growing agglomerations of emerging countries [42][43][44][45].Exurban development has become a widespread pattern of growth in Mediterranean Europe [1,17,[46][47][48][49][50][51]. In this region, recent studies have demonstrated that some cities are progressively shifting towards polycentrism associated with less compact forms of settlement leading to scattered urban growth [52][53][54].…”

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“…Exurban development has become a widespread pattern of growth in Mediterranean Europe [1,17,[46][47][48][49][50][51]. In this region, recent studies have demonstrated that some cities are progressively shifting towards polycentrism associated with less compact forms of settlement leading to scattered urban growth [52][53][54].…”

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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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“…Despite an increasing interest manifested by planners and policy-makers, relatively few studies have analyzed the aforementioned processes in the light of a comprehensive assessment of population dynamics and processes, distinguishing short-term from long-term demographic changes [27][28][29][30][31]. Empirical studies are still required to ascertain latent relationships between population dynamics and re-urbanization processes, discussing the role of social changes-including (but not limited to) aspects of social segregation, immigration, gentrification, and transformation of traditional family structures [22,[32][33][34].…”

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Toward a New Cycle: Short-Term Population Dynamics, Gentrification, and Re-Urbanization of Milan (Italy)

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Abstract:After sequential cycles of urbanization and suburbanization, European cities underwent a (more or less intense) re-urbanization wave. The present study analyzes short-term population dynamics in the core of a large metropolitan region (Milan, northern Italy), providing evidence of spatially-heterogeneous re-urbanization characterized by spatially-complex population growth (or shrinkage) at a local scale. Population dynamics over 1999-2017 were assessed in 88 urban districts partitioning Milan s municipal area and projected up to 2036 for the same spatial units. Empirical results identify spatially-complex and temporally non-linear dynamics with expanding or declining districts distributed heterogeneously across the study area. Multivariate analysis outlines a generalized population decline during 1999-2008 and an opposite pattern afterward (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017), with spatially-homogeneous population expansion expected in the near future. Spatial analysis finally highlights that local-scale population growth rates were more clustered in 2008-2017 than in 1999-2008. While the population decreased continuously in the inner districts (<1 km from the city centre), sub-central districts (1-5 km far from the city centre) experienced mixed patterns of population growth and stability. These results confirm the relevance of local-scale policies managing urban renewal and rehabilitation and promoting metropolitan expansion in a spatially-coordinated manner.

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Soil Matters? A Multivariate Analysis of Socioeconomic Constraints to Urban Expansion in Mediterranean Europe

Cited by 183 publications

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Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing

Empirical Research on the Process of Land Resource-Asset-Capitalization—A Case Study of Yanba, Jiangjin District, Chongqing

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

Toward a New Cycle: Short-Term Population Dynamics, Gentrification, and Re-Urbanization of Milan (Italy)

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