Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land-use Change and Policy

Hanzl, Małgorzata

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“…Over the last decades, a significant amount of urban growth in Europe has taken place in a dispersed form (Hanzl, 2010; Kasanko et al., 2006; Salvati, 2016; Salvati and Tombolini, 2018). Much of this growth is labelled as sprawl, suggesting that urban development is predominantly low density, functionally segregated, or monofunctional, and is therefore considered unsustainable.…”

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Investigating functional mix in Europe's dispersed urban areas

Wandl

Hausleitner

2021

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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A large proportion of European inhabitants live in dispersed urban settlements, much of which is labelled as sprawl, defined by monofunctional, low-density areas. However, there is increasing evidence that this may be an overly simplistic way of describing territories-in-between (TiB). This paper defines and maps functional mix in six dispersed urban areas across Europe, applying a method that goes beyond existing land-use-based mixed-use indicators but considers functional mixing on the parcel level. The paper uses data on the location of economic activities and the residential population. It concludes that, in eight cases from four European countries, mixed-use is widespread and that more than 65% of inhabited areas are mixed. Moreover, the paper relates functional mixing to specific settlement characteristics: permeability, grain size, centrality and accessibility, and connectivity. This demonstrates that functional mixing is not the result of local urban morphology or planning instruments, but of the multi-scalar qualities of a location. Therefore, there is a requirement to coordinate planning and design through different scales if mixed-use areas are to be seen as one strategy for achieving greater sustainability in the spatial development of dispersed areas.

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Investigating functional mix in Europe's dispersed urban areas

Wandl

Hausleitner

2021

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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“…With the swift progression of urbanization and the rapid expansion of urban populations, insufficient urban space that is necessary for development has resulted in disorderly city growth, which has led to issues such as traffic congestion, less arable land and less green land [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Thus, strategies for effectively limiting disorderly urban growth have become a global issue.…”

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The Effects of Greenbelt Policies on Land Development: Evidence from the Deregulation of the Greenbelt in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

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Greenbelt policies are important urban containment policies. On the one hand, they can effectively control the disorderly growth of a city; on the other hand, they can cause other social problems because of their strict control over land development. This paper uses data from 2000 and 2010 and the difference-in-differences (DID) method to evaluate the effects of greenbelt deregulation policies on urban land development in the Seoul metropolitan area (SMA) through a quasi-natural experiment. The results show that first, the deregulation of the greenbelt has significantly furthered urban land development that was not caused by economic development or other factors. Second, the greenbelt deregulation had no significant effects on urban land development in the city centers, but has furthered urban land development near the boundary of Seoul City and greenbelt boundaries. Third, in terms of the effects on land development, the greenbelt deregulation has resulted in regional heterogeneity. Specifically, the greenbelt deregulation has had a significant impact on the urban land development in the southern section of the Han River, whereas the effects of the greenbelt deregulation in the northern area of the Han River are not as obvious.

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“…Viewed through the lenses of humanism and structuralism [26], the urban development stages can be categorized into a period of rapid expansion driven by structuralism, followed by a transitional phase of adjustment and enhancement, ultimately culminating in a phase characterized by new people-oriented urbanization development [42,43] (Figure 9). The current metropolitan area of Chengdu is in the urbanization stage, and in the future, it may go through the process of urbanization, suburbanization, and re-urbanization [44,45]. Presently, the majority of areas within the Chengdu metropolitan region are in the transitional stage of adjustment and enhancement.…”

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Metropolitan Expansion and Migrant Population: Correlation Patterns and Influencing Factors in Chengdu, China

Wang,

Zhang,

Deng

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The ongoing urban spatial transformation contributes to a more intricate and varied spatiotemporal correlation pattern between metropolitan expansion and the migrant population. In this study, the coupled coordination model (CCD) is applied to enable the quantification of the spatiotemporal correlation index of metropolitan expansion and migrant population from 2010 to 2020. Moreover, various correlation patterns are identified in this research, and the multiscale geographical weighted regression model (MGWR) is employed to examine the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the influencing factors that contribute to this correlation. The research findings reveal the following insights: (1) The built-up areas increased twofold between 2010 and 2020, with an evident tendency toward southward expansion. In addition, population migration indicates slow migration in the inner metropolitan area and accelerated migration in the outer metropolitan area. The correlation between metropolitan expansion and migrant population follows a central–peripheral layer pattern that is characterized by a low-high-low progression. (2) While the balanced development of public services has somewhat decreased the differentiation patterns observed, the adjustments made to economic growth, employment, and residential markets have intensified the differentiation of spatiotemporal correlation characteristics between the metropolitan expansion and migrant population. (3) This study demonstrates that the Chengdu metropolitan area is transitioning from a rapid development stage driven by structuralism to a human-oriented new urbanization stage. This shift is evident through the clear stage pattern and central–peripheral layer features observed. Through the scientific planning of industry and public service layouts, the promotion of integration employment, residential markets, and the facilitation of urban–rural transformation can be achieved. Implementing these strategies can elevate the standard of human-oriented urban spatial governance, achieve coordinated and balanced development between built-up and residential spaces, and advance the high-quality, sustainable, and inclusive development of metropolitan areas.

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Urban Sprawl in Europe: Landscapes, Land-use Change and Policy

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Investigating functional mix in Europe's dispersed urban areas

Investigating functional mix in Europe's dispersed urban areas

The Effects of Greenbelt Policies on Land Development: Evidence from the Deregulation of the Greenbelt in the Seoul Metropolitan Area

Metropolitan Expansion and Migrant Population: Correlation Patterns and Influencing Factors in Chengdu, China

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