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Low-Density Urbanisation: Prestate Settlement Growth in a Pacific Society
The recognition of low-density urbanisation has been important in documenting how diverse human settlements generated enduring social and economic...
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Understanding the spatio-temporal variation of urbanisation in Kerala, India
Urbanisation is indeed a global trend that is significantly transforming societies and landscapes. India, in particular, has been experiencing rapid...
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The complex interplay of out-migration and urbanisation: rural to urban transformation in Murshidabad district, India
The process of Indian Urbanisation has been taking a different shape due to the emergence of numerous census towns. Existing literature reveals that...
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The Urbanisation of Risk
Urban growth is normally associated with progress and human development. Today, over half the global population lives in urban centres. In...
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Evaluation of Municipal Territorial Utilisation Quality in New-Type Urbanisation: A Case Study of Changzhou, China
Urbanisation in China has caused drastic changes in territorial utilisation patterns, and human-land conflict has become increasingly prominent. It...
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Impact of road connectivity on urbanisation: a case study of Central Brahmaputra Valley, Assam, India
Road connectivity is among the few factors which trigger the urbanisation and development process in a region. It facilitates trade, transport,...
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Spatial Distribution of Population and Urbanisation
Populations are not randomly distributed across the Earth's surface. Some regions are almost empty, while others concentrate with a large proportion...
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The Spatial Dynamics of Homelessness in Australia: Urbanisation, Intra-City Dynamics and Affordable Housing
While homelessness in Australia has remained relatively stable at the national level, its spatial distribution is becoming more nuanced. This paper...
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Assessment and monitoring of urbanisation on Himalayan lacustrine environment-a case study in Mirik municipality area
The Mirik lake is a well-known tourist destination in the Darjeeling Himalayan region of West Bengal. In the last few decades, the lake area...
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Residential Mobility Within the Italian Metropolitan Areas in the 2000s. A Territorial Focus on Rome and Milan
Until the economic crisis of 2008, the major Italian metropolitan areas attracted significant international migration flows and underwent an intense...
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Capturing the Role of Civil Society for Urban Sustainability in Nepal
Rapid urbanisation and urban population growth raise problems for sustainability. The unplanned and haphazard patterns of urbanisation, with a...
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Population grid and location quotient of land cover to capture the urban-rural nature of labour market areas in Italy
Urban-rural classifications are relevant tools for the implementation of economic and social policies that put emphasis on urbanisation patterns....
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Tackling the Challenge of Growing Cities: An Informed Urbanisation Approach
Two global transformative changes—rapid urbanisation and mass digital disruption—are brought together in the concept of ‘Informed Urbanisation’. This...
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The Korean National Drive for Green and Smart Urbanisation
Korea is one of the most densely populated (509 inhabitants/km2, as of 2015) and urbanised countries in the world. Rapid industrialisation after the...
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Classifying the Million-Plus Urban Agglomerations of India—Geographical Types and Quality of Life
India is one the fastest growing and developing economies and also societies of the world. An evident consequence of this is urbanisation, which...
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Integrated Spatial Simulation of Population and Urban Land Use: a Pan-European Model Validation
Spatial models jointly simulating population and land-use change provide support for policy-making, by allowing to explore territorial developments...
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Policy Recommendations for the Hukou System Reform
Given the theoretical and empirical findings in previous chapters, the final chapter makes policy recommendations for the future Hukou system reform....
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Urbanisation in India: Towards a National Urban Policy Framework and Smart Cities
India is characterised by low level and rate of urbanisation. In the past decade, rural–urban reclassification was a major factor contributing to...
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Planning for the urban future: two-level spatial analysis to discover 15-Minute City potential in urban area and expansion in Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia's capital, has seen substantial urbanisation-related changes in recent decades due to global and geopolitical shifts following the...
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Understanding the social integration process of rural–urban migrants in urban china: a bibliometrics review
The social integration of internal migrants has been one of the most critical and dynamic research areas in migration studies. Tracking emerging...
