Effects of Hierarchical City Centers on the Intensity and Direction of Urban Land Expansion: A Case Study of Beijing
| Autor: | Fanhao Kong, Tao Liu, Erxuan Chu, Xin Tan, Daquan Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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decentralization
0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 02 engineering and technology Decentralization lcsh:Agriculture Beijing Regional science urban land sprawl Nature and Landscape Conservation administrative centers Global and Planetary Change Ecology Land use expansion direction business.industry 05 social sciences lcsh:S Urban sprawl 021107 urban & regional planning Geography Local government Spatial ecology Survey data collection Land development business 050703 geography |
| Zdroj: | Land, Vol 9, Iss 312, p 312 (2020) Land Volume 9 Issue 9 |
| ISSN: | 2073-445X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/land9090312 |
| Popis: | 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&ndash 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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