Context Spatial planning system needs the support of approaches toward achieving
sustainability, with sustainable landscape pattern (SLP) for one potential spatial approach …

This chapter assesses the recent multidisciplinary research on urban quality of life.
Amenities, or site-specific benefits, drive the relocation of households and firms at both the …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on urban growth and sprawl, and how they
can be analyzed using remote sensing imageries. It compiles views of numerous …

This article argues that urban spatial expansion results mainly from three powerful forces: a
growing population, rising incomes, and falling commuting costs. Urban growth occurring …

Urban growth boundaries (UGBs) have been adopted worldwide as a policy tool to control
urban sprawl. However, the delineation of recently piloted UGBs in rapidly urbanizing areas …

Based on the Web of Science core collection database, this paper retrieves 1273 research
papers on urban expansion published during the period of 1990–2019. Thematic …

strong sentiment against the phenomenon known as" urban sprawl" has emerged in the
United States over the past few years. Critics of sprawl argue that urban expansion …

This paper proposes 'agrivoltaic'system development within Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical
Area (MSA) with the objective to generate clean energy in the agricultural lands using solar …

The urban development boundary (UDB) is a core issue in territorial spatial planning and
remains a research focus in urban development. However, in the past, land use simulations …

This research investigates the effects of Portland's urban growth boundary (UGB) on urban
development patterns and mobility. Three different methods are adopted for evaluating …