Understanding patterns and multilevel influencing factors of small town shrinkage in Northeast China

Y Tong, W Liu, C Li, J Zhang, Z Ma - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of urban shrinkage occurs not only in large and medium cities, but also in
small towns. Small town shrinkage comprises the core element of China's urban shrinkage …

County town shrinkage in China: Identification, spatiotemporal variations and the heterogeneity of influencing factors

Y Tong, W Liu, C Li, Y Rong, J Zhang, Y Yang… - Journal of Rural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Small town shrinkage has become a global social and economic phenomenon. County
towns, which are characterized by large numbers, diverse types, important functions and …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and obstacle analysis of sustainable development in small towns based on multi-source big data: A case study of 782 top small towns in China

M Chen, C Chen, C Jin, B Li, Y Zhang, P Zhu - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Evaluating the sustainable development level and obstacle factors of small towns is an
important guarantee for implementing China's new-type urbanization and rural revitalization …

Residents' satisfaction with green spaces and daily life in small urban settings: Romanian perspectives

M Cernicova-Buca, V Gherheș, C Obrad - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The availability and accessibility of green spaces in urban settings are important factors in
determining the sustainability of cities and the quality of urban life. However, the literature …

Characterization and planning of household waste management: A case study from the MENA region

FK Kebaili, A Baziz-Berkani, HA Aouissi, FC Mihai… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Solid waste management is one of the most important environmental issues worldwide,
particularly in MENA countries. The present study was carried out in the city of Algiers, the …

Transformation of green areas in Central Squares after revitalization: Evidence from Cittaslow Towns in northeast Poland

A Jaszczak, E Pochodyła, B Płoszaj-Witkowska - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, unfavorable changes in the development of city squares can be observed in
Poland due to poorly conducted revitalization. These changes include, among others, the …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of swelling index using advanced machine learning techniques for cohesive soils

M Amin Benbouras, AI Petrisor - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Several attempts have been made for estimating the vital swelling index parameter
conducted by the expensive and time-consuming Oedometer test. However, they have only …

Multi-hierarchical spatial clustering for characteristic towns in China: An Orange-based framework to integrate GIS and Geodetector

Z Zhang, Y Dou, X Liu, Z Gong - Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2023 - Springer
As China's economy and society continue to expand, urbanization in China has reached a
new stage. In this context, China's characteristic town development plans, from the national …

Overcoming socio-economic problems in crisis areas through revitalization of cittaslow towns. evidence from north-east Poland

J Zielińska-Szczepkowska, A Jaszczak, J Žukovskis - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The revitalization of small towns is connected with an attempt to find multidirectional
solutions to numerous social, economic and spatial problems. It is possible to remove …

Evaluating the territorial impact of built-up area expansion in the surroundings of bucharest (Romania) through a multilevel approach based on landsat satellite …

IV Stoica, D Zamfir, M Vîrghileanu - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Assessing the relentless expansion of built-up areas is one of the most important tasks for
achieving sustainable planning and supporting decision-making on the regional and local …