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Special issue Intro: housing estates in the era of marketization – governance practices and urban planning
This paper introduces a Special Issue of the Journal of Housing and the Built Environment entitled “Housing estates in the era of marketization –...
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Urban Versus Rural: Migrants and Housing Issue in Euro-Mediterranean Contexts
This chapter reinterprets the phenomena of the territorial and spatial distribution of migrants in Italy, attempting to reason about the settlement...
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Effects and Mechanisms of Rural‒Urban Migration on Health in China
Rural‒urban migration is accompanied by urbanization in China, and its effect on individual well-being has received much scholarly attention....
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Managing public urban lands for sustainable urban development in Bujumbura, Burundi: The role of land administration system
Public Urban Lands (PULs) are among the pieces of land that will contribute to achieving sustainable urban development. There is a need to have an...
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Urban versus rural disparities in amenity proximity and housing price: the case of integrated urban–rural city, Sejong, South Korea
Due to the growing importance of accessibility to urban amenities on quality of life and neighborhood satisfaction in South Korea, various efforts...
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Urban–rural Integration and Poverty: Different Roles of Urban–rural Integration in Reducing Rural and Urban Poverty in China
Poverty is a common problem faced by all countries. Breaking the restrictions on urban–rural development imposed by the dual urban–rural system,...
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African Urban Sexualities After Queer Visibilities
This article outlines why there exist important opportunities to think through what research on African urban sexualities—and specifically...
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Understanding the social integration process of rural–urban migrants in urban china: a bibliometrics review
The social integration of internal migrants has been one of the most critical and dynamic research areas in migration studies. Tracking emerging...
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Characteristics of Population Shrinkage in Inner Urban China and Correlations with Urban Growth Patterns
Urban shrinkage has led to urban decline and depopulation in Western countries. With the development of urbanization in China, urban shrinkage also...
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Urban Dynamics, Environment and Health An International Perspective
The comprehensive volume focuses on spatial, temporal, conceptual and empirical approaches to various elements of urban dynamics, environment and...
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Urban Poor, Poverty, and Populism
The question of the urban poor has been a hot topic discussed in the world over. It is no secret that especially the South (e.g., Latin America,...
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Urban sprawl characterization and its impact on peri-urban agriculture in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, using multi-date landsat imagery
Identifying and characterizing the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban areas is mandatory in many disciplines, e.g., in environmental studies,...
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Urban Agriculture and the Sustainability Nexus in South Africa: Past, Current, and Future Trends
Urban agriculture remains a topical issue that needs to be better understood in striving for sustainable cities, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa....
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Motivations for Urban Agriculture Policies: Evidence from Norway’s Largest Urban Areas
Public policies for urban agriculture have lately been developer in several cities. This chapter investigates motivations for such policies in three...
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Patterns and determinants of rural–urban migration in the Garhwal Himalaya
Rural–urban migration is the most adopted strategy in rural areas to overcome the risk associated with subsistence economy and to diversify income....
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Enabling Urban Governance Comparisons
Urban planning practices can be a means to reinforce class domination and benefit those with control over societal resources to the disadvantage of...
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Enhancing urban waterfront development: a groundbreaking framework for fostering creativity
Throughout history, cities have evolved to meet changing needs. A city transforms, as do living organisms, as their needs and requirements change....
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Measuring the spatial dynamics of urban sprawl in Jaipur City
The notion of urban sprawl involves multiple facets that demonstrate how the growth of urban area in cities interacts with other land uses. Sprawling...
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The effects of urban sprawl on the livelihoods of settler communities: lessons from selected municipalities in Ghana
The unlimited outward and uncontrolled expansion of cities which connotes urban sprawl has been a major urban development issue over the years in the...
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Introduction to the special issue: Implementing environmental criminology for crime prevention
This introduction aims to showcase the articles of the special issue and highlights the expansive field of environmental criminology, underscoring...