Urban land expansion

Urban land expansion: the role of population and economic growth ...

We develop a large-scale study to test explicitly the relative importance of urban population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in affecting ULE.

Urban expansion: theory, evidence and practice | Buildings & Cities

Urban expansion is defined simply as the physical extension of the geographical footprints of towns, cities, and metropolitan areas into the ...

What is Driving Urban Land Expansion?

A YSE-led research team investigated how population and economic growth in 300 cities affects urban land expansion.

Global projections of future urban land expansion under shared ...

Here, we present the scenario projections of global urban land expansion under the framework of the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs).

Urban Development Overview - World Bank

Once a city is built, its physical form and land use patterns can be locked in for generations, leading to unsustainable sprawl. The expansion of urban land ...

Global Urban Land Expansion Tends To Be Slope Climbing: A ...

We found that global urban entities increased from 157,733 km2 in 2000 to 470,632 km2 in 2020, representing a 1.98-fold increase. The global ...

Atlas of Urban Expansion - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

The Atlas of Urban Expansion provides the geographic and quantitative dimensions of urban expansion and its key attributes in cities the world over. The data ...

Urban land expansion and decreased urban sprawl at global ...

Globally, net expansion of suburban and urban, urban, and high-density urban area was 930,000 km2, 545,000 km2, and 215,000 km2, respectively, ...

Urban Land Expansion and Decreased Urban Sprawl at Global ...

In accordance with the narrative of increasing sprawl, projections indicate that total amount of urban land could increase by 2- to 6-fold, with ...

Rates, trends, causes, and consequences of urban land-use change ...

This encouraged urban expansion in the arid west. After World War II, the Nation's urban areas continued to expand outward away from the city center as ...

Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on ...

Urban land-cover change threatens biodiversity and affects ecosystem productivity through loss of habitat, biomass, and carbon storage.

Projected Urban Growth (2000 – 2050) and Its Estimated Impact on ...

Urban land was defined using the 2000. US Census Bureau's definition, which, es- sentially, is block groups and census blocks with a minimum population density ...

Atlas of Urban Expansion - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

At a time when the world's cities are bursting with massive increases in population, the Atlas of Urban Expansion, together with its companion volume, Planet of ...

How Do Urban Land Expansion, Land Finance, and Economic ...

Urban land expansion promotes economic growth through the contribution of input factors. In neoclassical theories of endogenous economic growth, the roles of ...

Urban Land Expansion, Interior Spatial Population Distribution, and ...

Our study aims to identify the impact of urban land expansion on economic growth conditional on the spatial population distribution within a city.

Urban land expansion: the role of population and economic growth ...

We develop a large-scale study to test explicitly the relative importance of urban population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in affecting ULE for ...

Trends in urban land expansion, density, and land transitions from ...

We conduct a global synthesis of trends in urban land expansion, in urban population densities, and lands converted into urban from 1970 to 2010.

What drives land take and urban land expansion? A systematic review

Well-known drivers are the increase of population, GDP and transport facilities. Policy factors matter, eg political fragmentation, planning, or subsidies.

Urban Land Expansion from Scratch to Urban Agglomeration in the ...

Urban land expansion from scratch to urban agglomeration in the federal district of Brazil in the past 60 years.

Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land ...

Existing forecasts of global urban expansion demonstrate that 290,000 km2 of natural habitat is likely to be lost to urban expansion between ...