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{"title":"Was global urbanization from 1985 to 2015 efficient in terms of land consumption?","authors":"H. Taubenböck ,&nbsp;J. Mast ,&nbsp;R. Lemoine Rodríguez ,&nbsp;H. Debray ,&nbsp;M. Wurm ,&nbsp;C. Geiß","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103397","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103397","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Dense cohabitation is associated with higher ecological sustainability and economic benefits than their less dense counterparts. Of course, there are also many challenges associated with high density, but from the perspective of land consumption, the global trend of urbanization is viewed positively. Urbanity and density, however, are and continue to develop very heterogeneously within and between cities. In this study, we analyze morphologic and demographic urban expansion across 1567 major cities around the globe from 1985 to 2015. Thereby, we investigate the changes in the morphological and population densities in the newly built areas in comparison to the status quo in 1985. Furthermore, we use the different densities in cities around the world to design theoretical retroactive scenarios of alternative land consumptions and determine possible carrying capacities. The key findings are: areas built between 1985 and 2015 are less dense in terms of morphology and population than the areas built before 1985. Thus, urban expansion consumed comparatively more land which means that it has become more inefficient with respect to the usage of space. We also find that this inefficiency varies around the globe, with South Asia and East Asia having higher densities in contrast to Europe and North America. The scenarios developed show the unutilized potential: If urban expansion would have been developed more densely, e.g. by ‘compact mid-rise’ structures, our model calculations show that 1.466 billion more people could live in the same newly built urban areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103397"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143816263","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":"Defining spatial justice: A review","authors":"Hashem Dadashpoor,&nbsp;Roya Dehghan","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103387","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103387","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Over the past six decades and more seriously since the global recession in 2008, the concept of spatial justice (SJ) has been addressed in rural, urban, and regional studies and processes, leading to the preparation of plans in various fields and disciplines around the world. However, this concept is disputed due to paradigmatic differences and the proliferation of concepts presented. This article aims to clarify the conceptual ambiguities surrounding SJ and extract its defining categories regardless of existing intellectual paradigms. More precisely, this paper wants to understand the common concepts of SJ definitions to provide an integrated definition for it. For this purpose, the present study was methodically extracted using a systematic review and coded with a qualitative content analysis. The results reveal seven underlying categories of SJ under the headings of “participation”, “power and governance”, “diversity and plurality”, “equality”, “access”, “equity” and “fairness”. Combining these categories and their sub-categories forms an integrated definition that can be considered the main basis for the efficiency of theories, policies, and future planning. Also, a deeper understanding of SJ formative categories can be achieved by linking this new definition with intellectual paradigms and spatial planning theories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143807033","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":"Urban regeneration strategy for shrinking neighborhoods: A case study of Gyo-Byu water pipeline, Yangon","authors":"Chaw Thiri Khaing ,&nbsp;Heping Li ,&nbsp;Danjuma Abdu Yusuf ,&nbsp;Lingli Mou ,&nbsp;Syed Murtoza Mushrul Pasha","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103400","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103400","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, linear infrastructure has become a critical element in shaping urban neighborhoods, particularly in developing countries where neighborhoods near such infrastructure often face significant challenges, such as urban shrinkage. In Yangon, the presence of colonial-era linear infrastructure, such as the Gyo-Byu water pipeline, plays a vital role in the city's core development and contributes to the identity of the urban fabric. This study investigates the urban vulnerability faced by neighborhoods along the Gyo-Byu water pipeline, analyzing the context of shrinking neighborhoods and exploring key challenges that neighbors encounter. It employs a phenomenological approach, grounded in multi-qualitative neighborhood assessment methods, including field observation, on-the-spot interviews, focus group discussion, institutional data analysis, and spatial neighborhood mapping. Interview data was analyzed using reflexive thematic method by MAXQDA software. The study focuses on three core aspects: the relationship between linear infrastructure and neighborhood dynamics, key neighborhood problems, and local priorities and aspirations of neighborhood regeneration needs. Findings highlight that neighborhood social fragmentation and livability challenges, multidimensional barriers to business viability, neighborhood environmental degradation and lack of green infrastructure present major challenges for surrounding neighborhoods of Gyo-Byu water pipeline. Furthermore, the research found that Gyo-Byu water pipeline as neighborhood identity and dual-role linear infrastructure assets. In response, the research proposes three-approaches strategies to urban acupuncture regeneration framework that emphasizes infrastructure improvement, community development, and sustainability. This research provides valuable tools for policymakers and urban stakeholders, offering targeted strategies for revitalizing shrinking urban neighborhoods through sustainable infrastructure and community development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103400"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143783553","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":"The rice terrace abandonment and its challenge for food security in the rural villages of southern China","authors":"Mingshun Long ,&nbsp;Ronghui Tan ,&nbsp;Yuluan Zhao ,&nbsp;Xiubin Li ,&nbsp;Chunfang Zhou ,&nbsp;Dongli Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103398","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103398","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Against the backdrop of global change and urbanisation, the abandonment of rice terraces in China is clearly on the rise. However, the extent of abandonment of rice terraces in China, the factors influencing it, and the threat it poses to food security remain unclear. Therefore, based on 345 village questionnaires, 1449 farmer questionnaires and 3006 plot characteristics datasets obtained from a combination of a large-sample questionnaire survey and small-case spatial analyses in southern China, this paper systematically reveals the extent of rice terrace abandonment, influencing factors and production losses in southern China. The results show that the abandonment rate of rice terraces in southern China is 11.65 %. The regions with a relatively high degree of abandonment are mainly in southeastern and southern China. Terrace abandonment is the result of a combination of internal and external drivers, with agricultural labour, irrigation conditions, mechanisation, wildlife damage, plot size and farming distance being the key factors influencing the abandonment of terraces by farmers. Currently, the rice loss caused by the abandonment of rice terraces in southern China is about 6.67 million tons, which could feed 16.68 million people, equivalent to the populations of New York City and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region combined. Relevant government agencies should pay active attention to this problem, to realise the sustainable use of terraces by improving the agricultural production conditions of terraces, developing the rural land transfer market, and formulating methods to compensate farmers for damage caused by wildlife. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the relationship between plot quality differences and abandonment, and may provide a reference for terrace abandonment management and farmland sustainable use.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103398"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143768720","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":"From cost to creativity: Tracing the impact of housing affordability on innovation and entrepreneurship in urban China","authors":"Zhihao He ,&nbsp;Zhuoqun Li ,&nbsp;Guanyun Cui ,&nbsp;Ziyan Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103382","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103382","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Innovation and entrepreneurship are vital sources of a city's economic vigor, while housing affordability is crucial to the sustainable development of urban areas. Few studies have examined the effects of housing affordability on innovation and entrepreneurship. This study addresses this research gap by developing an analytical framework for housing affordability, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Using a city-level panel dataset covering the period 2011–2021, this study creates an indicator for housing affordability and examines its impact on innovation and entrepreneurship via a two-way fixed-effects model. The results demonstrate that housing affordability significantly promotes innovation and entrepreneurship, and that population agglomeration and industrial structure transformation positively mediate this relationship. Furthermore, heterogeneity analyses show that the positive effects of innovation and entrepreneurship on housing affordability are more pronounced in innovation-oriented cities, non-resource-based cities, and cities with higher administrative statuses. These insights carry important theoretical and policy implications for understanding the subtle effects of the housing market on urban economic development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103382"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143768721","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":"Solid waste, gully erosion and the “literal landfill” in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania","authors":"Declan Murray","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103377","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103377","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>According to the research literature, solid waste management in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is in constant crisis. An ever-growing population; an increase in dense, unplanned settlements; rising income levels; under-funding; and a lack of enforcement of regulations all contribute to pressures on the city's official landfill site and by extension to the continued practice of illegal, localized disposal elsewhere in the city. 11 months of ethnographic fieldwork in the city reveal that the crisis is actually underestimated. This article introduces a new, hereto un-studied, site in the city's waste management system and more broadly to waste management science and Discard Studies – the “literal landfill”. The literal landfill is where communities invite contractors to dump solid waste as a way to fill in gullies caused by soil erosion. This new site then serves to mitigate the crisis in the official waste management system. It also reveals that resolving waste management in Dar es Salaam requires consideration of the broader housing crisis in the city – that has led to construction in unsuitable areas which are prone to gully erosion. The literal landfill also forces a re-think of waste as mass – a lively collective which offers immediate value to residents without need for further processing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103377"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Between proximity and security: A log-linear choice modeling of displacement risks and residential mobility trade-offs in immigrant Sub-Saharan communities","authors":"Justice Prosper Tuffour ,&nbsp;Prince Aboagye Anokye ,&nbsp;Jones Adu-Mensah","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103386","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103386","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The elusive nature of displacement risks experienced by marginalized communities in rapidly developing economies presents a deepening equity dilemma that has received insufficient scholarly attention. Despite the widespread disruptions to livelihoods and safety in these fast-growing communities, the disproportionate impacts on neighborhood-level relocations – <em>an often-occurring housing tenure dissonance</em> – remains not well understood. Our study attempts to bridge this gap by examining the built environment determinants of residential mobility and the associated displacement risks in historically marginalized immigrant communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, using the Kumasi Metropolitan Area in Ghana as a case study. A mixed-method approach is employed, combining both log-linear regression and exploratory factor analysis techniques to conceptualize place utility attachments while choice-modeling displacement likelihood. Results revealed a dual conundrum in household relocation decisions, diffused between the competing trade-offs of livability and livelihood. While proximity to employment networks in inner suburbs remains the key determinant of housing choice, the insecurity of land tenure in these transitional areas creates an ever-present risk of displacement. Conversely, relocation to more tenure-secure areas often comes at the cost of reduced access to work opportunities, loss of economic stability, and diminished social capital tied to their current location. Also, neighborhood safety and crime-related stress associated with housing had the highest predictive effect on actual relocation decisions and or the likelihood of moving from these communities. The study discusses the implications of these intricate relationships on urban development, gentrification, and inclusive housing, offering empirical insights to guide policy directions for equitable, safer, and sustainable living environments in marginalized communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103386"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143747261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Land use policy in the peri-urban district as Africa's ‘smart authoritarianism’? Exploring emergent governance challenges in the implementation of a mega real estate project at Konza, Kenya","authors":"Owiti A. K'Akumu ,&nbsp;Catherine W. Gateri","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103383","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103383","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study embraces the call by leading scholars for a global perspective in the study of peri-urban districts. Consequently, it considers a new phenomenon in African peri-urban districts in terms of smart city development. Using the lens of governance, comparison is made to problems of new city development in peri-urban districts of the south including Asia and Latin America. The planning and development of Konza technology city in Kenya presents a classic example where the state has privileged private capital and smart users of land over the rest of the state actors through peri-urban land use policy. This has generated contestations or governance problems classified under institutional challenges, land market dynamics, physical challenges, and land use change trend. Overall, the study demonstrates that the state's policy and actions to subdue majority subaltern actors in favour of minority capital owners and smart users is undemocratic and is tantamount to ‘smart authoritarianism’ in Africa.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103383"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739794","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":"Self-help housing cooperatives in Ethiopia: Affordability, scalability, and sustainability","authors":"Teklay Aregawi ,&nbsp;Paolo Vincenzo Genovese ,&nbsp;Ashenafi Mehari","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103388","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103388","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A housing cooperative in Ethiopia has set itself the goal of providing affordable housing for specific groups. This study examines the accessibility, affordability and long-term viability of a housing initiative by integrating quantitative and qualitative data from three urban centers in Tigray, Ethiopia. The study shows that cooperative homeownership is often unaffordable based on income and savings, but beneficiaries find ways to realize it through alternative means. Housing cooperatives have increased the market for rental housing by 64.2 % compared to the original plan. However, there are also challenges, such as exclusionary criteria that make access difficult, forgoing low land prices, unsustainable pricing and the time-limited nature of cooperatives that hinder community development. The study suggests that housing cooperatives can be a viable solution despite income constraints if land is made available at reasonable prices and the program is well structured for long-term housing production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103388"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739793","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":"Self-containment in Old New Town: Evidence from Senboku New Town using GPS tracking data","authors":"Haruka Kato","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103385","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103385","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>New Towns (NTs) are essential habitats in metropolitan areas with many residents. However, in Asian countries, NTs have a design gap between theory and practice from the viewpoint of self-containment. This study aims to clarify the home range and visiting areas of residents who live in old-NT across generations using GPS tracking data. The areas were classified as Senboku-NT, Senboku-GB, the urban centers, and the other areas. The visiting areas were analyzed by four facility types across generations (young individuals, adults, and older adults). As a case study, this study selected Senboku-NT, which has approximately 48,000 older adults aged 60 years and above, accounting for 43.0 % of the total population. The results showed that a significantly higher number of older adults live within Senboku-NT. As a result, according to urban facility types, a significantly higher number of older adults visited healthcare and leisure facilities in Senboku-NT. This finding is important because it indicates that healthcare and leisure facilities for older adults may have begun to achieve self-containment according to the change from NTs to old NTs. Therefore, we need to redesign the living environment to accommodate the changing lifestyles of the growing number of older adults in old NTs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103385"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}