Impacts of Land Use Pattern in Metropolitan Area
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Systems and Global Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 January 2023) | Viewed by 31665
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban and regional spatial structure; urban and regional planning; urban and regional economics; transportation and land use
Interests: urban land use; urban spatial structure; employment distribution; economic performance
2. Research Center for China Administrative Division, Minhang District, Shanghai 200241, China
Interests: regional spatial structure; urban size distribution; social equity
Interests: urban transportation and land use; build environment; active living; healthy city planning
Interests: urbanization and migration; urban social space; residential segregation; spatial justice
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban land is the main platform of human beings’ socio-economic activities. Land use patterns, particularly their spatial structure, are shaped by human socio-economic activities; however, they have multiple and profound impacts on urban development. With the development of urbanization and the arrival of urban society, approximately 70% of the global population are expected to live in cities by 2050, rising from about 55% today. Urban land will be one of the scarcest resources in the future, and hence planning and using urban land efficiently by improving its spatial pattern is a key issue to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations.
The land use pattern and its spatial structure are not only traditional research topics in urban planning, geography, and land management, but are also receiving considerable attention in economics, sociology, political science and other disciplines, which is referred to as a spatial shift in research lenses. Paul Krugman has argued that space is the final frontier of economics. Scholars have found that the land use pattern and spatial structure play important roles in economic efficiency, social equity, ecological sustainability, citizens’ lifestyle, public services, etc. However, many problems in this topic remain unresolved. In particular, multidimensional impacts of urban land use patterns are obviously insufficient in both theory and practice; there is a lack of clear agreement on optimal land use patterns; the negative impacts of land use patterns are neglected in previous studies; and the influence mechanism of land use is still undetermined.
This Special Issue focuses on the general law of the impacts of land use pattern and spatial structure in metropolitan areas, as well as the mechanisms of land use formation, new data and new approaches for describing land use patterns. This Issue aims to provide new solid evidence for spatial planning and policy implication for more efficient land use in metropolitan areas, including but not limiting the following topics:
- Positive and negative impacts of land use on economic development;
- Impacts of land use on social development, including social equity, accessibility of facilities, active living, and citizens’ happiness;
- Impacts of land use on ecological sustainability, including biodiversity, pollution, and carbon emissions;
- Comprehensive evaluation of the multidimensional performance of land use patterns;
- New data or new approaches for describing patterns and impacts of land use.
Note that land use in this Special Issue refers to economic and social activities (e.g., residential, industrial, architecture and recreational uses) that are practiced in a given metropolitan area. Other relevant terms are also acceptable, such as urban spatial structure, built environment, and urban form. Submitted manuscripts should have solid theoretical basis, clear causality, and valid conclusions.
Prof. Dr. Bindong Sun
Dr. Tinglin Zhang
Dr. Wan Li
Dr. Chun Yin
Dr. Honghuan Gu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban land use
- urban spatial structure
- built environment
- economic and social activities
- multi-dimensional impacts of land use
- land use formation
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