The Expanding Urban Fringe: Impacts on Peri-urban Areas, Melbourne, Australia

2014 ◽  
pp. 55-70
Author(s):  
Michael Buxton
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Fringe

scholarly journals Understanding competing and conflicting interests for peri-urban land in Ethiopia’s era of urbanization

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Achamyeleh Gashu Adam
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Conflicting Interests ◽  
The Government ◽  
Private Business Sector ◽  
Desk Review

Understanding the competing and conflicting interests in peri-urban land is crucial for informed decisions and well-managed urbanization. These interests in peri-urban land in Ethiopia are explored from a political economy perspective, using desk review and case study research. The findings show that the state, the private business sector and the local community are the three main sets of players with competing interests in peri-urban land, which has resulted in the rapid conversion of farmland into built-up urban property. The more land is expropriated by government agents, and the more land is developed by developers, the more revenues are collected by the government and the more profit is realized by developers and dealers, but with less opportunity and security for local communities in the peri-urban areas. Therefore, urban spatial expansion and development programmes in urban fringe areas require purposeful intervention of the government in a way that can accommodate the interests of all parties without conflict.

Study on Urban Fringe Area Planning and Design under the Background of New Rural Construction

2012 ◽  
Vol 598 ◽  
pp. 229-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Jin
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Fringe Area ◽  
Area Planning ◽  
Rural Construction ◽  
New Rural Construction

Since long-term, there is a large gap in the residential environment construction between the rural and urban areas. Based on China is to speed up the socialist new rural construction and improve the living environment of village history background, we analysis urban fringe area planning design under the background of the new rural construction, especially road planning, public space, greening, courtyard planning design in this paper. And we study the urban fringe area of the planning and design of the new rural construction, which combined with the new rural construction practice of ChenJiaDian Village in NongAn Town, Jilin province.

scholarly journals Site-Value Taxation of Real Estate and Land Use at the Rural-Urban Fringe

1980 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-110
Author(s):  
Patty T. Jones ◽  
Donald J. Epp
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Urban Sprawl ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Vacant Land ◽  
Real Property ◽  
Single Level ◽  
Urban Problems

Urban sprawl occurs around cities in this country despite the fact that the central portions of our urban areas contain much underused and vacant land in the form of slums, low-rise buildings, single-level parking lots and vacant land. The National Commission on Urban Problems studied the 106 largest U.S. cities and found that 34 percent of the land inside these cities was not being used (Cowan, et al.). Other studies have shown similar findings. Many economists and urban planners claim that this country's tax treatment of real property is one of the major causes of this underuse of urban land.

scholarly journals What about the Urban Periphery? The Effects of the Urban Renaissance in the Mersey Belt

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Dembski ◽  
Andreas Schulze Bäing ◽  
Olivier Sykes
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Urban Renaissance ◽  
The Past ◽  
City Regions ◽  
Urban Problems ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Second Tier ◽  
The Uk

Cities in the UK have undergone an urban renaissance since the late 1990s, when New Labour started an initiative of the same name. However, the effects of urban growth have been limited mainly to the cores of second-tier cities, creating new challenges in the urban fringe of city regions and for cities outside the major agglomerations. In this article, we examine the process of reurbanisation in the Manchester and Liverpool city regions and to take a closer look at on one of the local authorities in the fringe of these city regions which is trying to grapple with the challenges posed by a new urban age. We find increasing evidence that places in the spatial in-between of urban regions face particular challenges as a result of the urban renaissance, with the already problematic areas requiring increased attention to avoid structural urban problems similar to that of the inner urban areas in the past.  * This article belongs to a special issue on reurbanisation

scholarly journals Evaluation of Housing Quality in a Selected Urban Fringe of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodeji Ajayi ◽  
Aderonke Ajayi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Housing Quality ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Building Conditions ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Household Heads

Globally, a lot of research efforts have been put into investigating housing quality in urban areas, but little is known about housing situation in the urban fringes of developing nations. This article examines the factors influencing residents’ satisfaction with housing quality in Oke-Andi, an urban fringe in Kwara State, Nigeria. The research design for this study was quantitative in nature. Sampling was carried out at different stages during the field exercise. A preliminary survey of Oke-Andi in Ilorin through satellite imageries and reconnaissance revealed an approximate population of 593 buildings. From this, a 20% sample size, approximated to 120 buildings were randomly sampled and considered reasonable for the study. Using the housing quality criteria drawn from previous contextual studies, validated and pretested structured questionnaires were used to elicit data on respondents’ satisfaction with their dwelling unit, building unit, and neighbourhood quality. Information on residents’ socio-economic characteristics was also collected. From each selected building, a copy of the questionnaire was administered on the household heads or adult representatives. At the end of the survey, 120 questionnaires were administered, but only 100 were subsequently retrieved for data analysis. Simple frequency tables and Principal Component Analysis were used for the analysis of collected data. The result of PCA shows neighbourhood attributes, public utilities and building conditions as the factors influencing residents’ satisfaction with housing quality. The study recommends community driven urban renewal schemes for redevelopment, rehabilitation and upgrading of the quality of urban fringes.

scholarly journals Evaluating Land-Use Alternatives in Rural-Urban Fringe Areas

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 110-120
Author(s):  
Robert E. Lee ◽  
Robert L. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Urban People

In rapidly urbanizing areas, conflicts exist between agricultural and urban uses of land. There has been both a concentration of people in metropolitan area boundaries and a spreading of those boundaries, a move away from the densely populated urban centers. Urban people and industry have been moving outward into fringe areas in a search for more living space, the amenities offered by a pastoral landscape, and to escape from the congestion, high living costs, and lack of privacy in more concentrated urban areas.

scholarly journals Suburban waterfront with ecological and recreational function: planning based on network analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Fumagalli ◽  
Claudia Colombo ◽  
Paolo Stefano Ferrario ◽  
Giulio Senes ◽  
Alessandro Toccolini
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
The North ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Transportation Routes ◽  
The City ◽  
Recreational Use

Urban fringe areas have multiple land uses and are places where sections of waterway, together with fragmented areas of natural vegetation, are often found passing through urban areas, transportation routes and gradually expanding rural areas. These overlapping functions are often the cause of an extremely disorderly landscape devoid of guiding connotative elements. In this context, the waterfront can be a guiding element for the redevelopment of the fringe areas between cities and the countryside. The purpose of this paper is the definition of a methodology for planning a suburban waterfront with an ecological function and bicycle paths for recreational use. The evaluation phases for resources and planning, conducted with tools for network analysis, have identified potential corridors based on current land uses and have addressed the issue of bicycle paths on an inter-municipal scale. The methodology is proposed for regional level planning and the validation of the method was achieved through its application to the stretch of the Lambro River between Monza Park and the city of Milan in the North of Italy.

Between the Country and the Concrete: Rediscovering the Rural–Urban Fringe

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff S. Sharp ◽  
Jill K. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Rural Places ◽  
Practical Implications

Substantial U.S. population growth in relatively rural areas adjacent to large urban areas is sparking renewed interest in the rural–urban fringe. This research identifies some of the roots of the rural–urban fringe concept and reviews recent scholarly interest in the related exurban concept. Analysis of primary and secondary data is conducted to examine the fringe in relation to both urban/suburban areas and rural areas of Ohio, seeking to determine the extent to which the fringe is similar to or dissimilar from the suburbs or more rural areas. Comparisons are made across a number of ecological, occupational, and sociocultural attributes. Differences between incorporated (cities and villages) and unincorporated (township) areas are also considered. Findings support the notion of the fringe being distinct from the suburbs, with more modest differences compared to more rural places. Practical implications of this research are discussed as are future research needs for further understanding an increasingly important settlement area of the United States.

Nature-based solutions for water resource management in the urban fringe

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Oen ◽  
Sarah Hale
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Water Cycle ◽  
Urban Fringe ◽  
Case Study Site ◽  
Study Sites

<p>A research project called "Nature based solutions for water management in the peri-urban: linking ecological, social and economic dimensions (NATWIP)" started in 2019 and has the overall goal of: contributing to closing the water cycle gap by exploring the potential that nature-based solutions (NBS) offer to address water management challenges in landscape areas that have been neglected because they lie in the transition zones between the urban and the rural. Since NBS have most commonly been applied in urban areas, it is interesting to broaden the focus to assess the application of NBS on the outskirts of urban areas or the urban fringe as such areas are often affected by expansion processes of the city. Furthermore, these areas have historically played important roles in development and sustenance of urban centres, provision of water-related ecosystem services, particularly water supply, wastewater management and flood control.</p><p>Key NATWIP activities include the establishment of a methodological framework to analyse the social, economic and ecological sustainability dimensions of NBS and subsequently to apply the framework at case study sites in Norway, Sweden, Brazil, India, South Africa and Spain. These case study sites present very diverse water management problems as well as NBS. As more emphasis is placed on the use of NBS in the Nordic countries it is important to identify successful mechanisms for their implementation and monitoring. The case study site in Norway, Skien, represents a highly relevant urban challenge to balance water quality and the increases of water quantity as a result of climate change. This site focuses on the opening of a buried river using blue-green infrastructure as a catalyst for city development. In Sweden rain water harvesting in Gotland has been used in order to address water shortages caused by drought as well as water excess.</p><p>The other case studies sites present interesting examples where the framework is used to explore potential management practices that Nordic countries could learn from. In Spain, the Barcelona Metropolitan backbone is home to green-blue infrastructure and a variety of NBS that aim to improve environmental quality and water cycle management. The Brazilian case study focuses on the most advanced Payment for Environmental Service initiative in Latin America. Through this project, fees collected from water users pay farmers to conserve and restore riparian forests on their lands. In India rainwater harvesting is used to combat water scarcity and compromised water quality in new peri-urban areas. Two case studies in South Africa show how NBS can address the problems of water scarcity in combination with increasingly variable rainfall, frequent drought and floods as well as growing water demand.</p><p>Results from the first assessment of these case study sites will be presented to highlight similarities, differences, challenges, as well as potential synergies for learning from the different case study site contexts.</p>

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