Mapping the emerging forms of informality: A comparative morphogenesis of villages-in-the-city in Vietnam

NK Thinh, H Kamalipour, Y Gao - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
Village settlements in peri-urban areas have largely been transformed into dense
neighbourhoods in the process of rapid urbanisation and become Villages-in-the-City …

[HTML][HTML] The 'peri-urban turn': A systems thinking approach for a paradigm shift in reconceptualising urban-rural futures in the global South

LP Rajendran, L Raúl, M Chen, JCG Andrade… - Habitat International, 2024 - Elsevier
With rapid urbanisation, urban sprawl is a common phenomenon, particularly in the global
South creating peri-urban spaces where rural-urban interfaces occur. Peri-urban spaces are …

[HTML][HTML] Villages-in-the-city in China and Vietnam: Comparative morphological transformation and incorporated process in Kunming and Hanoi

NK Thinh, Y Gao, A Pitts - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•This paper examines and compare the morphologies of Villages-in-the-City in
Kunming in China and Hanoi in Vietnam.•The diverse practices and small scale tactics …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping informal/formal morphologies over time: Exploring urban transformations in Vietnam

NK Thinh, H Kamalipour - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of informal settlements in the Global South has been at the centre of
debates regarding sustainable development. While the visibility of informal settlements has …

Are villages in the city and segregation associated with crime in Chinese cities? An assessment of burglary in ZG city using satellite images and big data

C Xu, X Zhang, L Liu, H Yue, H Zhou, S Zhou - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
The association between villages in the city (ViCs) and crime is an important topic but has
not been rigorously investigated in crime geography. This study developed three new …