Land Use Management and Urban Land Expansion in Kabul: A Case Study of Rapid Urbanization

Urban land expansion plays an important role in climate change. It is significant to select a reasonable urban expansion pattern to mitigate the impact of urban land expansion on the regional climate in the rapid urbanization process. In this paper, taking Wuhan metropolitan as the case study area, and three urbanization patterns scenarios are designed to simulate spatial patterns of urban land expansion in the future using the Partitioned and Asynchronous Cellular Automata Model. Then, simulation results of land use are adjusted and inputted into WRF (Weather Research and Forecast) model to simulate regional climate change. The results show that: (1) warming effect is strongest under centralized urbanization while it is on the opposite under decentralized scenario; (2) the warming effect is stronger and wider in centralized urbanization scenario than in decentralized urbanization scenario; (3) the impact trends of urban land use expansion on precipitation are basically the same under different scenarios; (4) and spatial distribution of rainfall was more concentrated under centralized urbanization scenario, and there is a rainfall center of wider scope, greater intensity. Accordingly, it can be concluded that decentralized urbanization is a reasonable urbanization pattern to mitigate climate change in rapid urbanization period.

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Urban Land Expansion and Sustainable Land Use Policy in Shenzhen: A Case Study of China’s Rapid Urbanization

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su8010016 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 16 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Jing Qian ◽

Yunfei Peng ◽

Cheng Luo ◽

Chao Wu ◽

Qingyun Du

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Land ◽

Land Use Policy ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Urban Land Expansion

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Urban land use management, based on GIS and multicriteria assessment (Case study: Tehran Province, Iran)

2011 International Conference on Multimedia Technology ◽

10.1109/icmt.2011.6001730 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Saba Reza Soltani ◽

Seyed Masoud Monavari ◽

Abdolrassoul Salman Mahiny

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Land ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

Land Use Management ◽

Multicriteria Assessment ◽

Tehran Province

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Effects of Hierarchical City Centers on the Intensity and Direction of Urban Land Expansion: A Case Study of Beijing

Land ◽

10.3390/land9090312 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 312 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Daquan Huang ◽

Xin Tan ◽

Tao Liu ◽

Erxuan Chu ◽

Fanhao Kong

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Spatial Patterns ◽

Driving Forces ◽

Land Development ◽

Urban Land ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

Urban Land Expansion ◽

Land Use And Management ◽

Spatial Analysis Method

Worldwide urban spatial expansion has become a hot topic in recent decades. To develop effective urban growth containment strategies, it is important to understand the spatial patterns and driving forces of urban sprawl. By employing a spatial analysis method and land use survey data for the years 1996–2010, this study explores the effects of hierarchical administrative centers on the intensity and direction of urban land expansion in a Beijing municipality. The results are as follows: (1) land development intensity and expansion speeds are both affected significantly by the municipal and district and county centers where the governments hold a lot of administrative, public, and economic resources. (2) The distances to the administrative centers are determinant factors for the direction of urban land expansion. Except for several subregions adjacent to the municipal center, the closer the area is to an administrative center, the more likely it is that the expansion direction points toward the center. (3) The spatial patterns of urban land development are shaped jointly by governments at different levels, and transportation lines also play a role in remote areas. These findings are expected to have consulting value for future policymaking on urban land use and management in mega-cities, especially those with strong local government powers in other transition economies and developing countries.

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Land-Use Change and Health Risks in the Process of Urbanization: A Spatiotemporal Interpretation of a Typical Case in Changzhou, China

Land ◽

10.3390/land10080820 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 820

Author(s):

Dongyang Yang ◽

Chao Ye ◽

Jianhua Xu

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Use Change ◽

Environmental Pollution ◽

Environmental Health ◽

Health Risks ◽

Urban Land ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

Urban Land Expansion ◽

Process Of Urbanization ◽

The Relationship

China has undergone rapid urban expansion in recent decades. At the same time, environmental pollution and its risk to public health have increased. However, the relationship between urban land-use changes and health is ambiguous and insufficiently understood. Based on a typical city-scale case—namely, Changzhou, China—this research aimed to interpret the evolution of health risks alongside land-use change during the process of urbanization. We gathered data from multiple sources, including population mortality data, socioeconomic data, remote-sensing images, data for the points of interest of enterprises, and relevant information on environmental health events and cancers. The results showed that Changzhou’s urbanization was typical insofar as it was characterized by massive growth in industry, a rapid increase in the urban population, and urban land expansion. Health risks related to environmental pollution increased considerably with urban land expansion over time, and they increased with proximity to the pollution. The results from a generalized linear model confirmed that Changzhou’s urbanization triggered increasing health risks. Our study interpreted the relationship between urban land expansion and health risks from a spatiotemporal perspective. It can be used as a reference for urban planning and policymaking with regard to urban environmental health.

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