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{"title":"Interaction between formal and informal actors in the shadow of policymaking: Case studies of community-based urban pluvial flood risk management in Pearl River Delta cities","authors":"Zeqiang Pan ,&nbsp;Gert de Roo ,&nbsp;Emma Puerari","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Policymakers increasingly integrate urban pluvial flood risk management into multiple strategies, acknowledging that local contexts and the actors involved are crucial. However, the literature on the decision-making processes of community-based pluvial flood risk management sheds little light on how local formal and informal actors relate to each other. This paper contributes to filling this research gap by exploring the interdependency between local authorities and community residents from a multilevel governance perspective. Two cases, based in Pearl River Delta Cities, are analysed to explore actors' interactions locally in the Chinese <em>Sponge City Program</em>, a national programme for urban pluvial flood risk management. The comparative study of the two cases leads to four conclusions. First, the <em>Sponge City Program</em> at the local level can be viewed as multilevel governance. Second, triggered by the goal set by the national government and the local contexts, local authorities see the benefit of locally integrating the <em>Sponge City Program</em> into an integrated and area-specific plan, emphasizing the importance of institutional assertiveness. Third, tensions and synergies exist in the interaction process between local authorities and residents that will have to be recognized and embraced and, where necessary, converted from constraining to enabling factors. Fourth, institutional barriers still dominate locally in the <em>Sponge City Program</em> because of a lack of support for cross-boundary cooperation and public participation. To span these boundaries, policymakers should be more open to changing the perspective from ‘planning for people’ to ‘planning with people’.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 609-623"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141843467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing urban livability: Analyzing Tehran through equitable land use distribution","authors":"Kimia Ghasemi","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban livability, a concept integral to human settlements, lacks a universally agreed-upon definition. It encompasses various aspects influencing the attractiveness and quality of life in a city. The research adopts an objective evaluation method, focusing on equitable access to urban services. The study aims to address these challenges by examining the livability of Tehran's 22 districts, emphasizing access to essential services. Employing a comprehensive methodology, the research utilizes analytical tools such as Standard Deviational Ellipse analysis (SDE), Average Nearest Neighbor (ANN), and the Multi-Attributive Border Approximation area Comparison (MABAC) technique. The spatial distribution analysis of urban land uses in Tehran reveals distinct patterns through Standard Deviational Ellipse analysis. Urban land uses exhibit directional orientations and concentrations, providing valuable insights for urban planning. Average Nearest Neighbor analysis indicates clustered distribution across various land uses, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions. The study ranks Tehran's districts based on livability using MABAC technique. District 21 emerges as the most livable, while District 10 faces challenges in service distribution. The findings highlight disparities and call for focused urban planning to enhance overall livability in Tehran, recognizing the importance of equitable access to urban services for a sustainable and cohesive urban environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 596-608"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141851207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modelling the dynamics of urbanization for urban sustainability in West Africa","authors":"Hassan Radoine ,&nbsp;Salwa Bajja ,&nbsp;Francis Dakyaga ,&nbsp;Ali Çelik ,&nbsp;Alanda Kamana ,&nbsp;Hassan Yakubu ,&nbsp;Jerome Chenal","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The West African region, one of the largest urban agglomerations in Africa has over decades experienced rapid rate of urbanization. The urbanization processes have been associated with manifold environmental and socioeconomic challenges including inefficient urban infrastructure, unaffordable housing, poor sanitation and informal settlements. Urban scholars following the rise of urbanization and climate change in West Africa have advocated for policies and programmes towards the reduction of carbon footprints and sustainable human settlements, while emphasizing on the needs to plan for urban sustainability. Yet limited studies have so far analysed the dynamics of urbanization in West Africa, especially in relations to sustainability. Motivated by the evolving debates on urban sustainability, this study contributes to urban planning discourse, by exploring the dynamics of energy consumption, gross domestic product, employment levels and productivity in six countries in West Africa and demonstrate the implications for urban sustainability. Using the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR)-Mean Group (MG) model, we analysed annual data from 1991 to 2018 of Urban Population Growth, Gross Domestic Product, Energy Consumption, and Greenhouse gas emissions. The study revealed variation across the selected countries in terms of rate of urbanization, productivity, and energy consumption. The results suggest the need for commonalities as well as differentiated approaches towards improving urban environmental quality for urban sustainability. Furthermore, while there is a need to promote green urban infrastructure, concerted efforts are required towards promoting sustainable urban environmental quality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 580-595"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141838349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of urban sprawl on the urban-rural fringe of post-socialist cities in Central and Eastern Europe – Case study from Hungary","authors":"Gábor László Vasárus ,&nbsp;Jenő Zsolt Farkas ,&nbsp;Edit Hoyk ,&nbsp;András Donát Kovács","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban sprawl has a wide-ranging impact on the urban-rural fringe of the post-socialist cities, which are the most dynamically changing areas of the countryside in the Central and Eastern European countries. Intensive construction activity and population growth can be seen in the outskirts. Due to the lack of local spatial planning and land-use management in these areas, the environment was severely damaged during sprawl. On the fringes of the administrative area of the cities, there are huge differences in the housing conditions, character of the buildings and residential environments, and social status. To better understand the phenomenon, we investigated two Hungarian cities: Győr and Kecskemét. Both regional centers have large outskirts, and Kecskemét's catchment area has many scattered farms, even in international comparison. During our research, we conducted systematic fieldwork and in-depth interviews (n ​= ​30) and implemented quantitative (GIS) and statistical analysis to gather critical features of the transformation of the urban-rural fringes. According to our results, a highly fragmented spatial structure has emerged due to the lack of local government resources and will. Urban sprawl causes complex environmental problems, such as landscape degradation and social segregation, and raises the question of the unsustainability of buildings and construction in the outskirts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 800-812"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141695303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Urban water security in multidisciplinary practices: A case of Lamphun Municipality, Thailand","authors":"Angunthip Srisuwan","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urban water security is a multi-faceted water, socioeconomic, and governance challenge. The complexity of translating the holistic approach into policies is an important need for improving water resource management to achieve prosperity, equity, sustainability, and good governance. The city of Lamphun is an example of the practice, which faced drought and major challenges in efficiently distributing water to industrial partners and downstream residents. The purpose of this study was to monitor urban water security and formulate a water management-based urban land use policy for Lamphun Municipality to mitigate water conflicts and ensure access to water for all residents. Therefore, the study examined urban water security using 4 indices: urban water resources, access, risks, and governance. A careful urban land use plan responsible for water security was proposed based on potential surface analysis techniques and public participation. The result of this research would not only guarantee water security<strong>,</strong> but also promote public participation and sustainable communities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 3","pages":"Pages 456-468"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585624000700/pdfft?md5=cb7d42d7727297915caa5242d6efd3c7&pid=1-s2.0-S2226585624000700-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141703010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Drivers of urban sprawl in Dammam metropolitan area (DMA), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A qualitative exploration","authors":"Khalid Mohammed Almatar,&nbsp;Mubarak F. Alhajri","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urban Sprawl, categorized by the city's outward expansion into their adjacent areas, has emerged as a pressing and complex challenge in urban development worldwide. Understanding the urban sprawl drivers becomes essential for efficient and sustainable urban development as cities transform and grow. Only some studies have provided a comprehensive analysis combining local perspectives with international understanding, making it challenging to form policies to prevent urban sprawl. This study is conducted with the primary aim of determining the drivers of urban sprawl. The qualitative analysis of focus group, interviews and document analysis have been done to reveal the multifaceted drivers of urban sprawl. The thematic analysis reveals the main role of economic incentives, government policies, accessibility, zoning regulation, cultural aspects, land use changes, Low Spatial Distribution of Productivity and limited Capacity of Dammam Urban Planning Department in influencing the spatial dynamics of urban sprawl in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. This research study connects the local context to the worldwide urbanization trends, contributing to the broader international perspective on the drivers of urban sprawl. The study findings will be helpful in effectively addressing the urban sprawl challenge. With the local focus and international insight, this research study offers a great knowledge for communities, policy makers and urban planners, enabling more sustainable urban development in Saudi Arabia and beyond.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 3","pages":"Pages 469-481"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585624000712/pdfft?md5=ab810cb0cdd3261d25a005a0f8cc3e2a&pid=1-s2.0-S2226585624000712-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142013125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative review of urban geometric parameters and their uses in outdoor thermal environment studies","authors":"Jian Zhang ,&nbsp;Fan Zhang ,&nbsp;Lin Jiang ,&nbsp;Wei Guo ,&nbsp;Qi Cao ,&nbsp;Manjiang Shi ,&nbsp;Aoyan Xiao","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.05.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A significant proportion of the world's population is currently experiencing heat stress. This results from the effects of global warming, urban heat islands (UHIs), and the growth of urban populations. Researchers have investigated multiple strategies to address this problem. It has been found that the outdoor thermal environment (OTE) can be modified by means of vegetation, water surfaces, and urban geometry. Several studies have indicated that certain geometric factors have demonstrated a higher degree of effectiveness in cooling the surrounding environment. OTE studies often employ two commonly utilised factors, known as urban geometry indicating parameters (UGPs)—the sky view factor (SVF) and height-to-width ratio (H/W). This article compares OTE studies focusing on these two factors. The comparison encompasses characteristics such as study methods, places and times of conducting, and thermal indices. The findings indicate that geometric studies have primarily relied on simulation and field measurement methods. These studies were predominantly conducted in tropical or subtropical cities during warm seasons, with a preference for daytime investigations. Complex thermal indices, including the physiologically equivalent temperature and mean radiant temperature, were commonly employed. In addition to UGPs, other physical factors, such as orientation, were also taken into consideration. Studies on H/W and SVF differed slightly although they are both geometrically indicative. This review can provide guidance for future studies in the field of urban geometry, in that researchers may choose to prioritise the examination of practical indicators, such as the energy load, to conduct a more comprehensive analysis while also taking into account other physical aspects, such as the presence of trees.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 3","pages":"Pages 541-552"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585624000682/pdfft?md5=05d5dc741d3a32c29552bcc1e50cbc1a&pid=1-s2.0-S2226585624000682-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142013126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial analysis of socio-economic and demographic factors influencing urban flood vulnerability","authors":"Md Tazmul Islam,&nbsp;Qingmin Meng","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rapid urbanization and climate change require a thorough understanding of flood vulnerability in order to assure urban safety and resilience. Understanding the factors that contribute to flood vulnerability, allows us to develop effective initiatives that could mitigate the destructive consequences of flooding, while also protecting communities. The objective of this research is to identify and model the socio-economic and demographic factors that significantly influence flood vulnerability in the floodplains of Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, USA. First we analyzed the correlation between socio-economic and demographic factors then employed Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to address multicollinearity, a common challenge in multivariate statistical modeling. Subsequently, PCs-based global regression (PCR) and geographically weighted regression (PCGWR) analysis are used to identify key drivers of flood vulnerability. The findings demonstrate that a significant proportion of the variance (&gt;80%) of these factors can be captured by first two to three Principal Components (PCs). Consistent with existing research, African American, poverty, seniors, and the number of less educated people positively correlate with flood vulnerability, while income and housing prices exhibit a negative correlation. Additionally, PCGWR outperformed the Principal Component Regression (PCR) in most cases, highlighting the spatial heterogeneity of flood vulnerability. This study focuses on two U.S. cities, and the methodology is applicable to other cities with similar characteristics. The identified factors align with global research on flood vulnerability, making the proposed research and findings valuable worldwide. The findings of this research are useful for local governments, policymakers, and urban developers to make detailed location specific flood vulnerability plan to reduce impact of flood and improve urban resilience.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 3","pages":"Pages 437-455"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585624000694/pdfft?md5=0f30abadf191765a83c6257ba9ff88da&pid=1-s2.0-S2226585624000694-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142013081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Metropolitan expansion and rural change in the peri-urban edge Medellín - Rionegro (Colombia)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.05.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.05.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper addresses the way in which the expansion zones of the metropolitan areas of Medellín and Rionegro are currently moving from the communal relations that marked their rural life to anonymous relations in which notions of neighborliness are gradually disappearing. Understanding the urban as a social condition and not only as a physical expression of the territory, but the urban is also no longer the opposite of the rural, nor is it synonymous with the city. The urban constitutes a phenomenon where anonymity and individuality are privileged in a space. This process takes place in a rural space where part of its heritage is the landscape and unneighborly relations. We assume the notion of the peri-urban limit as a space of undefinition that extends from the periphery of the Aburrá Valley to some of the rural hamlets of the Territorial Subsystem: Alto Grande - La Ramada, in the San Nicolas Valley; places where the communal is disappearing to give way to new urban dynamics. The article constitutes a theoretical contribution to the interpretation of the new realities observed in the peri-urban fringes of many contemporary metropolises, not only because of the debate it opens on the ways of understanding current urban-rural problems, but also because it suggests other perspectives for territorial planning based on the readings of the new social realities that are established there.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 3","pages":"Pages 521-540"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585624000669/pdfft?md5=3121fde74b97732e3ea176f84cddcf2f&pid=1-s2.0-S2226585624000669-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141408151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring perceptions towards biodiversity conservation in urban parks: Insights on acceptability and design attributes.","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.05.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2024.05.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Green infrastructure has emerged as an opportunity to balance sociocultural and ecological benefits, alongside the potential for biodiversity conservation in cities. However, key design challenges that remain unsolved including 1) how to effectively balance biodiversity conservation and sociocultural benefits, and 2) how user's perception and knowledge may affect the acceptance of conservation interventions in parks. In this study, we used a mixed methods approach in which focus groups were used to explore users' perceptions of landscape attributes, their benefits, biodiversity, climate change, and conservation interventions in parks. This was followed by face-to-face interviews with the broader general public to quantitatively assess perceptions and acceptability for conservation interventions in parks. While plant density and functional diversity were identified as key landscape attributes, trade-offs may occur with other attributes such as multi-functionality and the order of the vegetation. Most conservation interventions had high acceptance levels, where the decrease of grass in parks was the most controversial attribute. All interventions were correlated with the importance of landscape attributes and climate change concerns, but poorly associated with knowledge of native biodiversity. The results support 1) increasing the functional diversity of plants in parks as a way to balance environmental and sociocultural benefits and promote the acceptability of conservation interventions, however such an increase should be linked to designs that respect notions of order and other park uses, and 2) environmental education based on climate change may be the key to improving acceptability of these initiatives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"13 3","pages":"Pages 425-436"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585624000657/pdfft?md5=3db2af4b9dc6e4a97eba6da8d1539fb6&pid=1-s2.0-S2226585624000657-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141394921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}