Zipf's law and city size distribution: A survey of the literature and future research agenda

S Arshad, S Hu, BN Ashraf - Physica A: Statistical mechanics and its …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study provides a systematic review of the existing literature on Zipf's law for city size
distribution. Existing empirical evidence suggests that Zipf's law is not always observable …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in research on Chinese urbanization

GU Chaolin, WU Liya, I Cook - Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper is a comprehensive study on the progress in research on Chinese urbanization.
On the basis of the concept and connotation of Chinese urbanization defined by Chinese …

Assessment on the urbanization strategy in China: Achievements, challenges and reflections

X Guan, H Wei, S Lu, Q Dai, H Su - Habitat International, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The “China Dream” is an “Urban Dream”. Urbanization is an inevitable requirement
for promoting social progress. The Chinese government sees sustainable urbanization as …

Shrinking cities in growing China: Did high speed rail further aggravate urban shrinkage?

T Deng, D Wang, Y Yang, H Yang - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that China is becoming increasingly urbanised, some Chinese cities have
witnessed a loss of urban population. In recent years, with the extensive expansion of the …

[图书][B] World city network: a global urban analysis

P Taylor, B Derudder - 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
With the advent of multinational corporations, the traditional urban service function has' gone
global'. In order to provide services to globalizing corporate clients, the offices of major …

Rural–urban migration and urbanization in China: Evidence from time-series and cross-section analyses

KH Zhang, S Shunfeng - China economic review, 2003 - Elsevier
Since 1978, China has experienced a rapid and unprecedented process of urbanization,
created by the history's largest flow of rural–urban migration in the world. This article …

Spatio-temporal change of urban–rural equalized development patterns in China and its driving factors

Y Liu, S Lu, Y Chen - Journal of Rural Studies, 2013 - Elsevier
The urban–rural equalized development is not only significant theoretically, but also a
strategic challenge facing the coordinated development of urban and rural China. In this …

Estimating physical composition of municipal solid waste in China by applying artificial neural network method

S Ma, C Zhou, C Chi, Y Liu, G Yang - Environmental science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Physical composition of municipal solid waste (PCMSW) is the fundamental parameter in
domestic waste management; however, high fidelity, wide coverage, upscaling, and year …

Construction land expansion and cultivated land protection in urbanizing China: Insights from national land surveys, 1996–2006

T Liu, H Liu, Y Qi - Habitat International, 2015 - Elsevier
The remarkable construction land development in urbanizing China has been rarely
investigated within the context of the multi-track urbanization process and its relationship …

Geographical transformations of urban sprawl: Exploring the spatial heterogeneity across cities in China 1992–2015

Y Deng, W Qi, B Fu, K Wang - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
Owing to fast-paced economic growth since 1978, China has experienced a massive urban
sprawl during the rapid process of urbanization over the past decades. Using regression …