Vacant land presents many challenges for older financially distressed cities. Community
engagement is a very important element to solve the urban vacant land problem and assist …

Urban agriculture is a unique form of agriculture that can provide fresh, local produce for
urban residents, and may benefit biodiversity by decreasing the need to expand agriculture …

Solving the land vacancy problem and promoting urban transformation is a crucial challenge
for the new urbanization construction in China, especially under the dual pressure of rapid …

The optimization of rural land-use through land consolidation has become an indispensable
part of reform in China, significantly impacting rural settlements and their residents. Given …

Greenspace enhances quality of life for urban residents in many ways, but it may also
produce unexpected and undesired consequences. For example, a growing literature is …

Names: Douglas, Ian, 1936–editor.| Routledge (Firm) Title: The Routledge handbook of
urban ecology/edited by Ian Douglas, Pippin Anderson, David Goode, Michael C. Houck …

Urban vacant land is a growing issue worldwide. However, most of the existing research on
urban vacant land has focused on small-scale city areas, while few studies have focused on …

The majority of the shrinking cities literature focuses solely on instances of population loss
and economic decline. This article argues that shrinking cities exist on a spectrum between …

Vacant urban areas (VUAs) can consist of both vacant land and abandoned structures. In
this article, the authors summarize a recent survey on VUA, examine current conditions and …

Idle rural residential land (IRRL) is an important manifestation of changes in the human-land
relationship during rural development. Studies on this topic form an important field in the …