Measurement of Urban Fringe Sprawl in Nanjing between 1984 and 2010 Using Multidimensional Indicators
Due to the global increases in urbanisation rates, urban sprawl has become a worldwide issue. In China, the development of rural areas has been affected by urban expansion and adjustments of metropolitan areas by administrative divisions that have led to losses in agricultural lands and ecosystem se...
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Published in | Geographical research Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 184 - 198 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Carlton South
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.05.2015
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
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Summary: | Due to the global increases in urbanisation rates, urban sprawl has become a worldwide issue. In China, the development of rural areas has been affected by urban expansion and adjustments of metropolitan areas by administrative divisions that have led to losses in agricultural lands and ecosystem services. There is the ‘paradoxical’ desire for governments to promote rural development and protect land resources. Urban fringe sprawl is a prominent issue in the process of rural development. Identifying and measuring sprawl at the urban fringe could assist policymakers to either encourage or discourage this phenomenon. This paper demonstrates use of multidimensional indicators to effectively measure urban fringe sprawl by remote sensing, in addition to demographic and socio‐economic data. Using integrated indicators observed in the recent Chinese development context, urban fringe sprawl was measured comprehensively for Jiangning, a district in the city of Nanjing, China. This study indicates that Jiangning is sprawling rapidly. The results also show that the multidimensional indicator approach could provide decision support to create effective long‐term land‐use planning policies for controlling urban sprawl patterns. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-ZLSH3JCL-W National Natural Science Foundation of China - No. 41301446 Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation - No. BK2012018 istex:38EB09000D4E086726A61D992B50007378D50530 ArticleID:GEOR12104 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1745-5863 1745-5871 |
DOI: | 10.1111/1745-5871.12104 |