Quantitative Analysis of Structural Changes during Rapid Urban Growth: Case Study of Kerman, Iran

Rural-spatial restructuring involves the spatial mapping of the current rural development process. The transformation of land-use morphologies, directly or indirectly, affects the practice of rural restructuring. Analyzing this process in terms of the dominant morphology and recessive morphology is helpful for better grasping the overall picture of rural-spatial restructuring. Accordingly, this paper took Zhulin Town in Central China as a case study area. We propose a method for studying rural-spatial restructuring based on changes in the dominant and recessive morphologies of land use. This process was realized by analyzing the distribution and functional suitability of ecological-production-living (EPL) spaces based on land-use types, data on land-use changes obtained over a 30-year observation period, and in-depth research. We found that examining rural-spatial restructuring by matching the distribution of EPL spaces with their functional suitability can help to avoid the misjudgment of the restructuring mode caused by the consideration of the distribution and structural changes in quantity, facilitating greater understanding of the process of rural-spatial restructuring. Although the distribution and quantitative structure of Zhulin’s EPL spaces have changed to differing degrees, ecological- and agricultural-production spaces still predominate, and their functional suitability has gradually increased. The spatial distribution and functional suitability of Zhulin are generally well matched, with 62.5% of the matched types being high-quality growth, and the positive effect of Zhulin’s spatial restructuring over the past 30 years has been significant. We found that combining changes in EPL spatial area and quantity as well as changes in functional suitability is helpful in better understanding the impact of the national macro-policy shift regarding rural development. Sustaining the positive spatial restructuring of rural space requires the timely adjustment of local actors in accordance with the needs of macroeconomic and social development, and a good rural-governance model is essential.

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A New Integrated Approach for Municipal Landfill Siting Based on Urban Physical Growth Prediction: A Case Study Mashhad Metropolis in Iran

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13050949 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 949

Author(s):

Salman Qureshi ◽

Saman Nadizadeh Shorabeh ◽

Najmeh Neysani Samany ◽

Foad Minaei ◽

Mehdi Homaee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Urban Growth ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Physical Growth ◽

Support Vector ◽

Markov Chain Method ◽

Physical Expansion ◽

Hierarchy Process ◽

The City

Due to irregular and uncontrolled expansion of cities in developing countries, currently operational landfill sites cannot be used in the long-term, as people will be living in proximity to these sites and be exposed to unhygienic circumstances. Hence, this study aims at proposing an integrated approach for determining suitable locations for landfills while considering their physical expansion. The proposed approach utilizes the fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) to weigh the sets of identified landfill location criteria. Furthermore, the weighted linear combination (WLC) approach was applied for the elicitation of the proper primary locations. Finally, the support vector machine (SVM) and cellular automation-based Markov chain method were used to predict urban growth. To demonstrate the applicability of the developed approach, it was applied to a case study, namely the city of Mashhad in Iran, where suitable sites for landfills were identified considering the urban growth in different geographical directions for this city by 2048. The proposed approach could be of use for policymakers, urban planners, and other decision-makers to minimize uncertainty arising from long-term resource allocation.

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Quantitative Analysis of Micro-structural Changes in a Bituminous Coal After Exposure to Supercritical CO2 and Water

Natural Resources Research ◽

10.1007/s11053-019-09463-y ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 1639-1660 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Guanglei Zhang ◽

P. G. Ranjith ◽

M. S. A. Perera ◽

Yiyu Lu ◽

Xavier Choi

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Supercritical Co2 ◽

Bituminous Coal ◽

Structural Changes

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Quantitative analysis of movement along an earthquake thrust scarp: a case study of a vertical exposure of the 1999 surface rupture of the Chelungpu fault at Wufeng, Western Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences ◽

10.1016/s1367-9120(03)00122-6 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 263-273 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Jian-Cheng Lee ◽

Charles Rubin ◽

Karl Mueller ◽

Yue-Gau Chen ◽

Yu-Chang Chan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Surface Rupture ◽

Chelungpu Fault

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Underlying Determinants of Housing Location: a Case Study from Swaziland

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x00008296 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 211-225 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John P. Lea

Keyword(s):

Urban Growth ◽

Industrial Location ◽

Remedial Measures ◽

National Plan ◽

Short Term ◽

Housing Needs ◽

Short Term Effects

It is a comparatively recent development that places housing not only as one of the main targets in the national plan, but also as a vital means of achieving other social and economic objectives.1 Admirable though this may be, a number of difficulties can arise in practice, particularly with regard to the question of new housing where many dwellings may be on unsuitable sites and require relocation or extensive redevelopment. The point is that remedial measures are likely to have only short-term effects, unless several underlying – and often conflicting – variables are taken into account. Four such variables have assumed importance in the planning for future housing needs in the Greater Manzini Area of Swaziland, and it is the purpose of this article to illustrate how policies relating to industrial location, urban growth, and housing, interact with the tenurial system in force.

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Quantitative analysis of folds by means of orthorectified photogrammetric 3D models: a case study from Mt. Catria, Northern Apennines, Italy

The Photogrammetric Record ◽

10.1111/phor.12212 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (160) ◽

pp. 480-496 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Amerigo Corradetti ◽

Stefano Tavani ◽

Mario Russo ◽

Pau Cazo Arbués ◽

Pablo Granado

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

3D Models ◽

Northern Apennines

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Linguistic markers of sexism in the Italian media: a case study of ministra and ministro

Corpora ◽

10.3366/cor.2016.0100 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 371-399 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Federica Formato

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Media Use ◽

Specific Language ◽

Language Reform ◽

Linguistic Markers ◽

Job Titles ◽

Sexist Language ◽

Gender Specific

This paper examines the way that the Italian media use language to refer to female ministers in the last three governments. While Italian is a gender-specific language (e.g., a root of the job titles can be followed by either feminine or masculine morphemes, singular and plural), it is common to use masculine forms to refer to and address women. Ministro is one of those cases where masculine forms replace feminine ones – a practice which could be construed as sexist, is only rarely challenged in institutions, and to which attention has only recently been paid in academia ( Fusco, 2012 ; and Robustelli, 2012a , 2012b ). The investigation presented here focusses on how grammar is translated in a way that reproduces women's invisibility in a sexist society. A corpus-based quantitative analysis of feminine and masculine forms of ministr– used in three widely read printed Italian newspapers (Corriere della Sera, Il Resto del Carlino and La Stampa) is undertaken. Newspaper articles were collected in the period 2012–14 to cover the Monti technocratic government (three female ministers), and left-winged Letta (seven female ministers) and part of the Renzi (seven female ministers) political governments. This paper contributes to the literature on language reform and sexist language in traditionally male-inhabited physical and metaphysical (stereotypes, prototypes) spaces such as the institutional public sphere.

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The Water Management Regime in Western Iran: A Retrospective Analysis through a Hybrid Transitions Framework

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13063323 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 3323

Author(s):

Nishtman Karimi ◽

Hossein Azadi ◽

Kobe Boussauw

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Retrospective Analysis ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Institutional Arrangements ◽

Surface Water Management ◽

Management Regime ◽

Transition Pathways ◽

Single Transition ◽

Group A

Continuously changing conditions of sociotechnical systems are the basis of structural changes in communities. Relationships between transition contexts and regime transformation processes and their driving factors in sociotechnical regimes are poorly understood. Moreover, not all changes in multilevel governance regimes are geared towards sustainability, as demonstrated by the case of the water management regime in Sanandaj county in the west of Iran between 1962 and 2018. The current study shows how the management regime of water resources in the case study has changed over time and identifies the institutional arrangements through a retrospective analysis. The analysis is based on three stages of data collection which included a discussion group, a Delphi survey, and a focus group survey among various types of stakeholders. The “Hybrid Transitions” framework is introduced in order to denote processes of regime change that take place in a range of different transition contexts. The findings do not identify a single transition pathway but show that a number of parallel transition pathways have occurred in the context of groundwater and surface water management and their respective institutional arrangements. The study provides a better understanding of the complexity of transition pathways that were devised at the management regime level.

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