A better understanding the effects of urbanization on vegetation is vital to promoting the
sustainable development of cities in China, which has also experienced the world's most …

Metropolitan has progressively emerged as a new form of urban governance.
Understanding the urban expansion process and its determinants at metropolitan level …

With little known and explored urban morphology in the fastest growing countries like
Bangladesh in South Asia, this study aims at exploring urban spatial signature and …

Quantifying the spatial and temporal changes of urban extent is important for understanding
the burgeoning process of urbanization. Numerous well-performing methods have been …

For thousands of years, cities have been the center of civilization. According to that,
detecting, monitoring and controlling urban growth became the most urgent need in urban …

Land use change under rapid urbanization can drastically change terrestrial ecological
conditions. This study presents an integrated analysis of land use dynamics and the …

City shrinkage characterized by population loss is a difficult issue challenging urban
planning and regional development policy. China has been experiencing rapid urbanization …

In the present study, spatio-temporal urban sprawl and land consumption patterns were
analysed in seven capital cities located in the Himalayan region during 1972, 1991 and …

Drastic urbanization has taken place in China during the last two decades. Recently, a
considerable number of “ghost cities” have emerged due to the extensive and unreasonable …

Context Located between urban area and rural area, urban–rural fringe is challenged with
urbanization related social-ecological problems. Accurately identifying the urban–rural …