A Planning Tool for Simulating Urban Growth Process and Spatial Strategy of Urban Development in Chuandong, China

2011 ◽  
pp. 27-48
Author(s):  
Yan Ma ◽  
Zhenjiang Shen ◽  
Dingyou Zhou ◽  
Ke Wang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Growth Process ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Spatial Strategy

5. Metropolis and megaregion

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-84
Author(s):  
Carl Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Regional Activity ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
City Regions ◽  
The World

“Megalopolis and megaregion" outlines what happens when cities and conurbations merge. Both terms are used to describe clustered multi-city regions in America and elsewhere. City plans since 1900 have focused on efficiency and connection, and local governments struggle to keep up with urban growth. Cities around the world have implemented plans to contain the outward spread of urban development, protecting greenbelts, green centers, and woodlands. These merged cities have led to larger-scale thinking for planners, but city planning remains a local and regional activity, with planners working with local authorities and aiming to improve people’s everyday lives.

scholarly journals Urban Growth and its Impact on Tangail Municipal Area

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-166
Author(s):  
BC Sarker ◽  
SC Shutradhar ◽  
A Khan ◽  
ASM Saifullah ◽  
AB Ruma
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Sharp Rise ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Factual Data ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

The study has endeavored to investigate the urban development and its impacts on Tangail municipality, Tangail, Bangladesh. The factual data have been collected from secondary sources, while the perceptual data are based on survey questionnaires on the opinions of respondents. Data were collected through instant spot observation (transect survey) and in-depth consultation, and interviews. The study displays that, the population of Tangail municipality rapidly augmented after 1971. For instance, the population rose from 19.875 thousand in 1961 to 128.785 thousand in 2001. Additionally, the area of Tangail municipality was 15.50 km2 in 1981 which has expanded to 29.40 km2 in 2001. The proposed area of Tangail municipality was five km2. In 1951 the level of urbanization in Tangail municipality was 1.79% which has experienced a sharp rise of 12.99 % in 2001. The study found that, the enlarged urbanization in Tangail town has resulted in higher population density, increased demand for food, alleviation of environmental pollution, increased traffic congestion, generation of solid waste, inadequate garbage disposal, effluent disposal into rivers, crime, and disappearing green and open space in the Tangail municipality.J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 8(2): 163-166 2015

A Growth Process for Zipf's and Yule's City-Size Laws

1979 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
M F Dacey
Keyword(s):  
Growth Model ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Probabilistic Model ◽  
Growth Process ◽  
City Size ◽  
Birth Process ◽  
Urban Growth Model ◽  
The Law ◽  
Zipf Law

The Zipf rank–size law and the Yule probability law are both used to describe city populations. Though these laws are usually treated as identical, they describe city populations in different ways. These differences are first resolved, and the Zipf law is expressed in terms of the Yule law. Then urban growth is formulated by a probabilistic model as a pure birth process that generates city populations asymptotically obeying the Yule probability law. This model has similarities with the derivation by Yule of the law named after him and with the urban-growth model described in a well-known paper by Simon.

scholarly journals Urban development trend analysis and spatial simulation based on time series remote sensing data: A case study of Jinan, China

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0257776
Author(s):  
Yanghua Zhang ◽  
Liang Zhao ◽  
Hu Zhao ◽  
Xiaofeng Gao
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Growth Trend ◽  
Development Trends

Uncontrolled urban growth detracts from healthy urban development. Understanding urban development trends and predicting future urban spatial states is of great practical significance. In order to comprehensively analyze urbanization and its effect on vegetation cover, we extracted urban development trends from time series DMSP/OLS NTL and NDVI data from 2000 to 2015, using a linear model fitting method. Six urban development trend types were identified by clustering the linear model parameters. The identified trend types were found to accurately reflect the on-ground conditions and changes in the Jinan area. For example, a high-density, stable urban type was found in the city center while a stable dense vegetation type was found in the mountains to the south. The SLEUTH model was used for urban growth simulation under three scenarios built on the urban development analysis results. The simulation results project a gentle urban growth trend from 2015 to 2030, demonstrating the prospects for urban growth from the perspective of environmental protection and conservative urban development.

scholarly journals USING GIS FOR DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE URBAN GROWTH CASE KYRENIA REGION

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3/W4 ◽  
pp. 263-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Kara ◽  
N. Akçit
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Central Zone ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Soil Productivity ◽  
Multi Criteria Evaluation

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> It is critical to develop urban layers for analysis sustainable urban development possibilities within planning process. Kyrenia Region has many physical, environmental or economic issues that may danger the growth possibilities in sustainable manner. From this point, this study uses different spatial layers such as slope, distance to roads, distance to central zone, vegetation, soil productivity, environmental protection zones, distance to open/green space, distance to education for supporting sustainable urban growth policies and define suitable areas for urban development within this perspective. The study tries to convert sustainable urban growth policies such as; compact growth, environmental protection, equal accessibility to basic services; into spatial layers and establish proper framework for multi criteria evaluation in Kyrenia Region within using geographical information systems. It shows suitability values for Kyrenia region and constraints zones at final section. It clearly presents the suitable areas for the sustainable urbanization and also unsuitable or risky areas for reducing the possible disasters and may happen in the future.</p>

scholarly journals Assessing Sustainable Urban Development Trends in a Dynamic Tourist Coastal Area Using 3D Spatial Indicators

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (16) ◽  
pp. 5044
Author(s):  
Teresa Santos ◽  
Raquel Deus ◽  
Jorge Rocha ◽  
José António Tenedório
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
2D And 3D ◽  
The Impact

In coastal areas, the tourism sector contributes to the local economy, generating income, employment, investments and tax revenues but the rapid urban expansion creates great pressure on local resources and infrastructures, with negative repercussions on the residents’ quality of life, but also compromising the visitor’s experience. These areas face problems such as the formation of meteorological effects known as heat islands, due to the soil sealing, and increased energy demand in the peak season. To evaluate the impact of urban growth spatial pattern and change, three strategic sustainable challenges—urban form, urban energy, and urban outdoor comfort—were selected. The progress towards sustainability was measured and analyzed in a tourist city in the Algarve region, Portugal, for the period 2007–2018, using geographic information. A set of 2D and 3D indicators was derived for the building and block scales. Then, a change assessment based on cluster analysis was performed, and three different trends of sustainable development were identified and mapped. Results allow detecting the urban growth patterns that lead to more sustainable urban areas. The study revealed that a high sustainable development was observed in 12% of the changed blocks in the study area. All indicators suggest that the growth pattern of the coastal area is in line with the studied sustainability dimensions. However, most of the blocks that changed between 2007 and 2018 (82%) followed a low sustainable development. These blocks had the lowest variation in the built volume and density, and consequently the lowest variations in the roof areas with good solar exposition. The urban development also privileged more detached and less compact buildings. This analysis will support the integration of 2D and 3D information into the planning process, assisting smart cities to comply with the sustainable development goals.

scholarly journals A co-design prototyping approach for building a Precinct Planning Tool

2014 ◽  
Vol II-2 ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.J. Pettit ◽  
S. Glackin ◽  
R. Trubka ◽  
T. Ngo ◽  
O. Lade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
The World ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Evidenced Based

As the world is becoming increasingly urbanized there is a need for more sustainability-oriented planning of our cities. Policy and decision-makers are interested in the use of evidenced based approaches and tools that will support collaborative planning. There are a number of tools in the domain of spatial planning and decision support systems that have been built over the last few decades but the uptake and use of these tools is somewhat limited. <br><br> In the context of Australia there is significant urban growth occurring across the major cities and a need to provision planners and developers with precinct planning tools to assist in managing infill and the densification of the existing urban fabric in a carbon constrained economy. In this paper we describe the development of a new precinct planning tool known as the Envision Scenario Planner (ESP), which is being applied initially in two cities, Melbourne and Perth to assist in the urban design and planning of Greyfield sites. <br><br> To set the scene in this paper we firstly provide a brief review of the existing state of play of visualization and modelling tools available to urban planners in Australia. The focus on the paper will be to introduce an iterative co-design prototyping approach for developing a best practice precinct planning support tool (ESP) from an earlier tool known as ENVISION. The first step of the approach is an exposure workshop with experts to refine the proposed tool workflow and its functionality. Subsequent iterations of the prototype are then exposed to larger audiences for validation and testing. In this paper we will describe the process and the preliminary findings in implementing the first phase of this iterative co-design prototype approach.

scholarly journals URBANISATION BEYOND ITS CORE BOUNDARY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES IN GEORGE TOWN CONURBATION, MALAYSIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Narimah Samat ◽  
Mohd Amirul Mahamud ◽  
Siti Masayu Rosliah Abdul Rashid ◽  
Yasin Elhadary ◽  
Norzailawati Mohd Noor
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Spatial Expansion ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Core Boundary ◽  
George Town ◽  
The Impact

Rapid urbanisation has raised major issues, especially in cities in developing nations. In Malaysia, for example, the urbanisation rate is at 74%, but the size of urban land is less than 10%. This phenomenon has caused urban expansion to encroach on to its fringe areas. At present, although much has been said about the economic benefits of urban expansion to the fringe areas, yet little is known about its impact on the local communities. This paper aims to highlight the spatial expansion of George Town Conurbation and to investigate how local inhabitants perceive urban development. This study used satellite images and GIS techniques to identify the spatial expansion of urbanisation in George Town. Quantitative and qualitative approaches of data collection were employed to investigate the impact of urbanisation on the communities. The findings indicated that the inhabitants in less urbanized states welcome urban expansion, as they perceive that urban growth generates more jobs and brings economic opportunities. On the contrary, those who have experienced a longer period of urban development did not fully welcome urbanisation. Therefore, inclusive development policies are required to ensure that urban growth will benefit dwellers in the urban area as well as in its surroundings. In addition, they are required to safeguard the environment.

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