Sustainable urbanization in China: A comprehensive literature review

Tan, Yongtao; Xu, Honggang; Zhang, Xiaoling

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2016.04.002

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“…Regional sustainable development involves the sustainability of regional resources, environment and socio-economy [48]. Based on the results of driving force analysis of ELPL change, the Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., economic growth and urbanization) have synergetic or trade-off relationship with the ELPL change.…”

Section: Impacts Of Elpl Changes On Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Spatial–Temporal Patterns and Driving Forces of Ecological-Living-Production Land in Hubei Province, Central China

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Ecological-living-production land (ELPL) is gaining an increasing attention of governors, planners and scholars to alleviate ecological deterioration on the premise of ensuring regional sustainable development in China. This paper has built an ecological-living-production land classification system (ELCS) by the reclassification method, and further analyzed the spatio-temporal characteristics and evolution mechanism of ELPL from 2009 to 2014 with a case study of Hubei Province of Central China. The results show that (1) land with an ecological function held a dominant role in Hubei Province. Ecological land (EL) and production-eco land (PEL) covered the largest areas. The area of EL was the largest in Western Hubei Eco-cultural Tourism Circle (WHETC), and the area of PEL accounted for the largest proportion in Wuhan Urban Circle (WUC). (2) Land with an ecological function was decreasing continuously, while the land with living function expanded rapidly. Additionally, the intensity of ELPL changes in the WUC was higher than that in the WHETC. (3) The changes of ELPL threatened the food and ecological security and adversely affected the sustainable development. The factors of population growth and GDP increase were the main driving forces of ELPL change. The results of this study provide valuable information for planning decision makings (e.g., the ELPL spatial pattern optimization).

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Section: Impacts Of Elpl Changes On Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Spatial–Temporal Patterns and Driving Forces of Ecological-Living-Production Land in Hubei Province, Central China

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“…According to the statement in [1], China's urbanization road has been unique because of its own national situation. Thus, it can be concluded that population migration will deserve more attention in sub-urbanization or the new style local/neighbor urbanization through the study.…”

Section: Sustainable Urbanizationmentioning

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“…However, China has its own characteristic urbanization road, since its history of development is different from other developing countries and developed countries. Tan et al [1] say that much of the rural population continues to migrate to urban areas during the process of China's urbanization. According to the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations [2], more and more Chinese will live in cities in 2050.…”

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Gathered Village Location Optimization for Chinese Sustainable Urbanization Using an Integrated MODM Approach under Bi-Uncertain Environment

Lu¹,

Wang²,

Hu³

2017

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Urbanization has become a main challenge all over developing countries in the 21st Century. However, decision making should take into account the different national situations with their complex factors to achieve sustainable development. As standards of living have risen in urban areas, local/neighbor urbanization has become a coming trend in China. With this in mind, the paper focuses on the optimization of nearby gathered village locations in Population Migration (PM) with consideration of both qualitative and quantitative criteria. Therefore, an integrated multiple objective decision making approach (MODM) under a bi-uncertain environment is proposed to solve this problem, which is based on the comprehensive Economy-Society-Ecology-Resource-Religion (ESERR) urbanization concept. The first step is to establish a bi-uncertain multiple objective programming model orienting the problem. Secondly, the model process is composed of fuzzy random variable transformation and the expected value model based on a new fuzzy measure, which is given accordingly to obtain the equivalent model. Thirdly, in order to describe the model efficiently, the Multi-Objective Adaptive Global Local Neighbor Particle Swarm Optimization (MOAGLNPSO) with three-dimensional Pareto optimal judgment criteria is designed. Finally, a case study is tested to validate the effectiveness and to illustrate the advantages of the whole approach. This novel approach can help optimize sustainable urbanization strategies and ensure their realistic application.

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“…Table 4. Articles about various aspects of sustainability [68,69]. It has been predicted by the UN that world population will grow 9-10 billion by 2050, when almost 3 billion people (40% of today's global residents) will be carried into the blue-collar class [70].…”

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Sustainable Urbanization and Development Goals Strategy through Public–Private Partnerships in a South-Asian Metropolis

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Abstract:Contemporary urbanization appears as a conundrum especially in developing nations. This study will act as an accelerator to spill out snags caused by urbanization with a new approach in the development of sustainable infrastructure through Public-Private Partnerships (3Ps). This study first explains the complications generated by rapid urbanization in different infrastructural sectors in South Asian mega cities like Dhaka and Lahore. Second, the findings of the study elaborate on a new mechanism to adapt to Sustainable Development Goal 11 declared by the United Nations with the engagement of different stake holders working in different silos through 3Ps (like BOT, BOOT, BLT, DBF, PFI etc.). This study uses case studies as part of the research mixed methodology. Studies on Dhaka and Lahore including multi projects through 3Ps, and a detailed questionnaire survey based on critical risk factors from the Meta review of 3P literature are presented to establish the current status of sustainable development goals. This paper primarily contributes in two ways. First, by providing a new direction to policy makers to devise policies using a twofold approach i.e., grasp urbanization with sustainable infrastructure delivery by sustainable enactment of 3P projects. Second, bridge the knowledge gap by identifying the risk factors in the sustainable establishment of 3P projects in developing nations.

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Sustainable urbanization in China: A comprehensive literature review

Cited by 246 publications

References 122 publications

Spatial–Temporal Patterns and Driving Forces of Ecological-Living-Production Land in Hubei Province, Central China

Spatial–Temporal Patterns and Driving Forces of Ecological-Living-Production Land in Hubei Province, Central China

Gathered Village Location Optimization for Chinese Sustainable Urbanization Using an Integrated MODM Approach under Bi-Uncertain Environment

Sustainable Urbanization and Development Goals Strategy through Public–Private Partnerships in a South-Asian Metropolis

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