Urban inequalities in the 21st century economy

J Nijman, YD Wei - Applied geography, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last decade or so, inequality studies have assumed renewed prominence across the
social sciences. In this introduction to a special issue of Applied Geography, we set out to …

City Information Modelling as a support decision tool for planning and management of cities: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis

L Souza, C Bueno - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing demand of the population has caused serious problems for cities and has
become one of the main challenges for city managers. This demand has occurred much …

How regional economic integration influence on urban land use efficiency? A case study of Wuhan metropolitan area, China

X Gao, A Zhang, Z Sun - Land Use Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Many emerging economies have experienced rapid urbanization in an unprecedented scale
and speed in the past few decades. While the urban expansion has led to the formation of …

Twenty years of water utility benchmarking: A bibliometric analysis of emerging interest in water research and collaboration

KH Goh, KF See - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The research on benchmarking analysis of the water and sewage industry has been
expanding over the years. Water utility benchmarking analysis is crucial for mitigating the …

Emerging trends and knowledge structures of urbanization and environmental sustainability: A regional perspective

AI Almulhim, SE Bibri, A Sharifi, S Ahmad, KM Almatar - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
More than 59 million people reside in the six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC)(the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia) …

How does urban expansion impact people's exposure to green environments? A comparative study of 290 Chinese cities

Y Song, B Chen, MP Kwan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the difference of greenspace in different urban areas is a critical requirement
for maintaining urban natural environment and lessening environmental inequality …

Forty years of urban expansion in Beijing: What is the relative importance of physical, socioeconomic, and neighborhood factors?

X Li, W Zhou, Z Ouyang - Applied Geography, 2013 - Elsevier
Urban expansion is one of the major causes of many ecological and environmental
problems in urban areas and the surrounding regions. Understanding the process of urban …

Comparison of urban growth patterns and changes between three urban agglomerations in China and three metropolises in the USA from 1995 to 2015

Q He, C Zeng, P Xie, S Tan, J Wu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban sprawl is a worldwide significant challenge for a sustainable urban development. This
study compared China, with its unprecedented urbanisation process, and the USA, with its …

Built-up land efficiency in urban China: insights from the general land use plan (2006–2020)

Y Chen, Z Chen, G Xu, Z Tian - Habitat International, 2016 - Elsevier
The rapid expansion of built-up land has been the major feature of land use changes in
China and has led to built-up land vacancy and inefficient land use. This paper used a Data …

Trajectory of urban sustainability concepts: A 35-year bibliometric analysis

Y Fu, X Zhang - Cities, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent decades, our cities are increasingly expected to become more sustainable urban
forms, with many added determinants. A multitude of city concepts has therefore been …