scholarly journals Beyond borders: steering metropolitan growth priorities through spatial imaginaries

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-113
Author(s):  
Kane Pham
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Growth

Metropolitan growth patterns

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Rena Mourouzi-Sivitanidou ◽  
Petros Sivitanides
Keyword(s):  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Metropolitan Growth

scholarly journals Impacts of Globalisation on Economic Change and Metropolitan Growth in Malaysia: Some Regional Implications

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katiman Rostam ◽  
Mohd Fuad Mat Jali ◽  
Mohd Ekhwan Toriman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Change ◽  
Metropolitan Growth

scholarly journals From Rural Spaces to Peri-Urban Districts: Metropolitan Growth, Sparse Settlements and Demographic Dynamics in a Mediterranean Region

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 200
Author(s):  
Rosanna Salvia ◽  
Rares Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir ◽  
Sirio Cividino ◽  
Luca Salvati ◽  
Giovanni Quaranta
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
Large City ◽  
Urban Dispersion ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Economic Expansion ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
Demographic Dynamics ◽  
Metropolitan Growth ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Peripheral Areas

Considering settlement characteristics and population dynamics together over multiple spatio-temporal scales, the present study analyzes the spatial distribution of sparse settlements and population surrounding a large city in Southern Europe (Athens, Greece), in relation with long-term metropolitan growth and recent economic downturns. Results of the analysis identify regional-scale processes of urban compaction during economic expansion (2000s) with incorporation of scattered settlements in a high-density urban fabric, and moderate urban dispersion affecting low-density, peripheral areas in the subsequent period of recession (2010s). However, more heterogeneous dynamics were observed at the local scale. With economic expansion, a slight increase in the number of settlements was observed in local districts experiencing intense sprawl in earlier decades. With recession, a slight decrease in the number of settlements was, in turn, recorded in some rural districts surrounding compact urban centers, likely acting as local hotspots of urban re-densification. Given the multiplicity of socioeconomic factors involved, our findings highlight how urban development follows sequential phases of compaction and dispersion, based on locally differentiated spatial regimes characterizing settlement expansion and population growth. Sustainable urban management should face more actively with increasingly fragmented settlement dynamics at the fringe, prefiguring an appropriate spatial balance between urban centers and sparse settlements in light of recent demographic trends.

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