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{"title":"Advancing agricultural diversification within rural regions: The dynamic role of interregional rural-rural migration","authors":"Godfred Addai ,&nbsp;Lawrence Guodaar ,&nbsp;Romanus Dogkubong Dinye ,&nbsp;James Boafo ,&nbsp;Sanju Purohit ,&nbsp;Kpenekuu Felix ,&nbsp;Obed Asare ,&nbsp;Vincent Aduah Abi","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103273","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103273","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The 2030 agenda for sustainable development has highlighted the significance of migration in agricultural development and transformation. However, pertinent studies hitherto overly focused on rural-urban migration and, as such, fail to provide substantive evidence in driving policies toward rural sustainable development. To address this gap, we used the rural web sustainability framework to analyse and elevate the discourse about how rural migrants contribute to agricultural diversification in their rural-regional destinations. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted to collect data from 600 rural households comprising 306 migrants and 294 non-migrants in Ghana. Rural migrants were those who moved from their village and settled in another village as destination place, the surveyed areas for this study whilst non-migrants were natives. Formal interviews were held with 60 participants from social groups, religious organisations, traditional councils, government representative groups, and not-for-profit organisations to solicit the needed supplementary data. The findings hold that rural migrants are agents of change in the socioeconomic development in their rural-regional destinations. This change is seen in their significant role in advancing agricultural diversification production, such as introducing new varieties of food crops, establishing small-scale businesses to increase value-added production, and forming several social groups to empower their production capacity. Our findings highlight that interregional rural-rural migration can alleviate accessibility barriers to essential assets which can help address poverty among smallholder farmers and ensure food availability in rural regions. We provide evidence to support the design of policy interventions aimed at building the capacity of rural households to transform agriculture for sustainable development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103273"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does secure tenure alone solve the problem of homelessness? A critical appraisal of the resettlement practices in rural Bangladesh","authors":"Anirban Mostafa","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103253","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103253","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103253"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rural settlement renovation program assessment and its driving mechanism: A dynamic analysis from local stakeholders’ perspective","authors":"Zhang Yongjia ,&nbsp;Wang Jing ,&nbsp;Wong Seng Yue ,&nbsp;Wang Qianyi ,&nbsp;Wang Wenyu","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103266","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103266","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In order to secure the sustainable rural development, Rural Settlement Renovation Program (RSRP) is targeted an effective instrument under China’ rural revitalization strategy, extensively pursed national wide. However, most of research verified its effective mechanism from a static point of view. The paper seeks to explore the dynamic driving mechanism of RSRP in the perspective of local stakeholders especially the residents. By leveraging on case study of Yanchi County, Ningxia Province, China, combined with research survey, it enables the research to disclosure the driving mechanism of RSRP through SEM model and heterogeneous analysis through Fixed Effect model. The results show that 1) the satisfaction of the rural residents level up with the scheme carry-out, rising from 2.23 to 4.12. 2) Living condition, infrastructure maintenance, environmental sanitation, cultural construction and democratic management contribute to local residents’ satisfaction positively. 3) Nevertheless, its mechanism varied in pre-era and post-era of RSRP. More specifically, in pre-era of RSRP, it is found that the driving force ordered: living condition &gt; infrastructure maintenance &gt; cultural construction &gt; environmental sanitation &gt; democratic management; which was reordered in post-era of RSRP: cultural construction &gt; living condition &gt; infrastructure maintenance &gt; democratic management &gt; environmental sanitation. 4) Low-income group is impacted greater compared to high-income counterparty in RSRP. It depicts a holistic development requirement of rural resident towards RSRP, dominant by hierarchical needs in stage-view. Initiated as a settlement renovation scheme, but expected to end with comprehensive rural sustainable development, it calls for authority decentralization in reviving rural from government to community residents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103266"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A novel model for simulating urban expansion under compactness scenarios on a regional scale","authors":"Xianzeng Yang ,&nbsp;Limin Jiao ,&nbsp;Weilin Wang ,&nbsp;Yunqi Guo ,&nbsp;Kusee Leopolue Armstrong","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103290","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103290","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban expansion has a significant impact on sustainable development in rapidly urbanizing areas. The changes in population density and spatial compactness during rapid urban expansion significantly impact sustainable development. However, current regional-scale urban simulation models are rarely incorporated into population density and spatial compactness. This study proposes an ANN-based method for predicting future population density in a region. A spatial simulation model for urban expansion that takes into account the population density and urban spatial compactness (UECS model) is proposed. The model integrates top-down compactness control with bottom-up spatial allocation mechanisms using a novel roulette approach. The top-down control, which involves setting the future population density and average proximity expansion index (APEI), exerts a macro-level influence on spatial compactness. In contrast, bottom-up CA and cell proximity expansion index (CPEI) change the spatial compactness in urban expansion at the micro level. The validation using Western Africa as the study area shows that the UECS model has good simulation performance and strong control of compactness. Finally, based on the UECS model, we simulate urban growth in Western Africa from 2020 to 2060 under five different compactness scenarios at a 300-m resolution. The result suggests that future urban expansion in Western Africa will vary significantly under different compactness scenarios. The proposed model provides a framework for simulating different levels of urban compactness, which enables us to explore the impacts of different strategies on urban development and sustainability and provides the basis for urban development decision support.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103290"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143138439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the impact of modern streetcar on street robbery at street segment level: a longitudinal comparison in Cincinnati, OH","authors":"Lin Liu ,&nbsp;Xin Gu ,&nbsp;Minxuan Lan ,&nbsp;Weili Zhu ,&nbsp;Hanlin Zhou ,&nbsp;Zihan Su ,&nbsp;Debao Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103280","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103280","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Many studies have examined the relationship between street crime and public transit nodes, such as bus stops, subway stations, railway stations, and shared bike stations, but few have touched on streetcar stations, especially at the street segment level. Like other types of transit nodes, streetcar stations may function as crime generators, as suggested by crime opportunity theories. This study examines the potential impact of streetcar stations on street robberies in Cincinnati, OH. Unlike most studies that either explore the association between transit and crime or compare the associations before and after transit operation, this study compares longitudinal associations of three periods of pre-construction, construction, and post-construction of the streetcar stations. We use GIS techniques, negative binomial regression, and difference-in-differences (DID) models for the comparison. Results reveal that street robbery decreased from pre-construction to post-construction of the streetcar in Cincinnati but became increasingly concentrated on a few street segments. No association exists between the location of future streetcar stations and street robbery prior to construction; however, the association emerges during construction and becomes more significant post-construction, coupled with community conditions and Point-of-Interests (POIs). Therefore, what generated crime is streetcar stations instead of the locations of the streetcar stations. Further, the effects of streetcar stations are not as strong as those of the bus stops. These findings contribute to the literature on street crime and public transit. The DID model further underscores the possible causal effect of the streetcar stations on crime. Moreover, it also informs the local police department that additional focus is needed for streetcar stations, bus stops and their surrounding social and built environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103280"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Inclusive beyond the swings and slides: Exploring access and equity in Hong Kong's playground","authors":"Izzy Yi Jian ,&nbsp;Terry Yepeng Yao ,&nbsp;Kar Him Mo ,&nbsp;Pengfei Chen ,&nbsp;Weixuan Chen ,&nbsp;Yue Yu","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103276","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103276","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Play is critical for children's growth and well-being, with playgrounds serving as primary venues for facilitating their advancement. While research has extensively studied inclusive playground design, addressing factors that may limit play experiences, the spatial accessibility of playgrounds remains understudied, particularly in high-density urban environments where space constraints and competing land uses create unique challenges for equitable provision. Through comprehensive spatial analysis, this study investigates playground accessibility using Hong Kong's New Towns and metropolitan areas as a case study, revealing significant disparities across different socio-demographic contexts. The results demonstrate substantial inequalities in playground accessibility, with complex relationships emerging between income levels, population density, and access patterns at different spatial scales. The study further reveals the role of public housing estates as a basic but essential guarantee for playground provision and underscores the need for targeted metrics and transparency in planning standards. These findings necessitate a targeted and responsive prioritisation in future urban facility planning to ensure equitable accessibility. This research lays the groundwork for urban planning principles that advocate for more balanced, engaging, and suitable playground planning, acknowledging children as essential urban dwellers and working toward making cities more habitable and delightful for everyone.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103276"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Corrigendum “Multi-scenario comparisons to identify the spatial distribution, land type, and effectiveness of cultivated land restoration in the main grain-producing area” [Habitant Int. 154 (2024) 103211]","authors":"Kunyu Liang ,&nbsp;Xiaobin Jin ,&nbsp;Shilei Wang ,&nbsp;Xinyuan Liang ,&nbsp;Bo Han ,&nbsp;Yinkang Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103297","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103297","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103297"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143313038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new conceptual framework and case analysis of rural environmental cross-boundary governance in megacities of China","authors":"Jie Yu ,&nbsp;Chao Ye","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103258","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103258","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the rapid urbanization and industrialization in China, cross-boundary pollution has emerged as a critical issue, particularly affecting villages in border regions. This study constructs a new conceptual framework for cross-boundary governance from four dimensions: space, stakeholder, scale, and function. Wanshi Village, located on the border of Shanghai and Jiangsu Province, is a typical case of multi-scale and multi-stakeholder superposition. There are four pairs of mismatches between Wanshi Village and Huaqiao Town: nature and administration, village and city, agriculture and industry, and locals and migrants, which makes it difficult to solve the environmental pollution problem. Wanshi has undergone three shifts of environmental governance: informal environmental resistance, top-down policy implementation, and intergovernmental cooperation. It reveals that China's cross-boundary environmental governance mainly relies on the government, and the influence of nongovernmental actors is very limited. Neither the top-down governance model nor the regionally decentralized governance model is sufficient to address cross-boundary issues. The case of Wanshi Village reflects the multiple contradictions between responsibility and power, development stage and administrative level, economic development and environmental protection in cross-boundary regions under the orientation of regional competition and city-centered social development, which is of great significance for reflecting on cross-border environmental governance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103258"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Promoting or inhibiting? The impact of farmland use transition on rural household income: Evidence from the Three Northeast Provinces, China","authors":"Xiaoxiao Wang ,&nbsp;Huafu Zhao ,&nbsp;Jiacheng Qian ,&nbsp;Xiao Li ,&nbsp;Tao wang ,&nbsp;Congjie Cao ,&nbsp;Hongxiu Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103255","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103255","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Farmland use transition (FUT) is a significant global phenomenon in rural areas, profoundly impacting rural residents' lives and livelihoods. To improve rural living standards and promote rural development and revitalization, it is essential to understand the relationship between the multidimensional characteristics of FUT and rural residents' income (RRI). Based on the theory of FUT, we constructed a comprehensive index system of FUT containing dominant transformation (DFUT) and recessive transformation (RFUT), collected panel data from 2000 to 2020 using the Three Northeast Provinces as an example, and evaluated them using the Entropy-TOPSIS method. Kernel density estimation was utilized to portray the characteristics of changes in farmers' income levels. We also established a theoretical framework of the impact of FUT on RRI and verified it using a Stepwise Panel Regression model and the two-stage least squares method (2SLS). We found that (1) From 2000 to 2020, the overall FUT, DFUT, and RFUT exhibited a stable upward trend. Spatially, the Sanjiang Plain (SJP) emerged as a high-value area for FUT, whereas regions including the Changbai Mountain Region (CBMR) and parts of the Liao River Plain (LRP) were identified as low-value areas; (2) Rural household income levels experienced a continuous upward trend, with growing regional disparities, manifesting an overall spatial pattern of \"higher in the east, lower in the west, higher in the north and south, and lower in the central areas”; (3) The impact of RFUT on RRI is relatively significant and robust. Factors such as the relative proportion of cultivated area for grain crops (PS) and the multiple cropping index (CI) effectively enhanced RRI. In contrast, the scale of household farmland management (HFMS) had negative effects. Our results highlight that the sustained and stable optimization of the multidimensional landscape of farmland use can effectively promote income growth for farmers, confirming the crucial role of strategic land use management in stabilizing farmers' livelihoods. We provide targeted recommendations to promote rational farmland use transition, increase farmers' income, and achieve rural revitalization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103255"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dissecting the nonlinear economic implications of urban extreme thermo-environment using a Monte Carlo simulation-based ensemble learning model","authors":"Liu Xiaochang ,&nbsp;Qiao Renlu ,&nbsp;Zhang Xiuning","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103274","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103274","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Numerous scholarly inquiries have indicated tangible urban amenities including structural and locational variables potentially contribute to housing prices, but intangible urban detriments characterised by environmental indices and their implicit economic implications remain largely unexplored. Escalating extreme heat events in cities, it is essential to delve into the observation of dissecting the nonlinear interplay between urban extreme thermo-environment (UETE) and housing prices. Consequently, we developed a theoretical framework to dissect the impacts of UETE on housing prices. Taking Shanghai as a testbed, UETE via percentile-based methods was estimated using remote sensing data from an intra-urban perspective. Moreover, a Monte Carlo Simulation-based interpretable ensemble learning from a hedonic perspective was proposed to examine its ramifications on housing prices. The results revealed the heterogeneous economic implications of hedonic determinants. The structural and locational variables, i.e., a south-facing orientation, middle floor levels, equipped elevators, proximity to the city centre, public transportation accessibility, prosperous economic activities and high-quality school districts exert positive impacts on housing prices whereas the environmental factors such as UETE exhibited negative influences on property values. For an increment of 1 °C in UETE from −3 °C to +0.0 °C, the property values will experience a decrease of 1250.15 RMB/m². Once the mean UETE reaches the [+0.0 °C, +1.5 °C] threshold range, there is a significant diminishing marginal utility because of the trade-offs between environmental performance and property values. Intriguingly, as the mean UETE surpasses the +1.5 °C, the property values encounter a second reduction. Furthermore, the differences between housing prices inside UETE of varied typologies and those outside UETE were explored. The heterogeneous implicit economic implications of UETE underscore the necessity of making policies adapted to the unique idiosyncrasies of individuals, to alleviate the severe challenges of climate change towards the housing market.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"156 ","pages":"Article 103274"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143137750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}