The rapid increase of urban population during the 21 st century has led to the expansion of
metropolises and increased demand for land in peri-urban areas, which are often the object …

The study of peri-urbanization attracted attention in the final quarter of the 20th century, due
to the pace it acquired worldwide and the implication that urbanization and overall …

Ethiopia has experienced rapid urbanization over the past three decades. Several cities
expanded rapidly and many satellite towns sprung up around the major cities. The high rate …

Background Even though wetlands are essential in enhancing water quality and providing
recreation and entertainment opportunities in urban areas, their values are overlooked by …

Ethiopia has an urban land lease policy in place to facilitate the transfer of land for
residential, commercial and industrial purposes. Because of the lease policy, many cities …

This study was part of a larger analysis of the framework of sustainable rural livelihoods in
the face of urban sprawl in peri-urban rural areas of Mali. Contrary to the existing literature …

The fast-paced urbanization of recent decades entails that many regions are facing
seemingly uncontrolled land-use changes (LUCs) that go hand in hand with a range of …

Accelerated urbanization in peri-urban areas of metropolises is one of the emerging issues
of the past decades which has numerous physical, social, economic, and environmental …

In the last decade, the peri-urbanization literature has attracted a lot of attention and many
scholars have tried to examine these areas from different dimensions, leading to a …

Temporal change detection of informal settlement was conducted using geographic
information system and remote sensing in order to evaluate the land use land cover change …