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{"title":"Preserving enough? A randomised controlled trial approach to determine relevant urban planning regulations for small touristic towns – A case of Chiloé, Chile","authors":"Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez ,&nbsp;Juan Pablo Urrutia ,&nbsp;Kaoutar Mellouki","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rapid tourism growth in small towns of unique cultural heritage often leads to sudden building renovation and infrastructure expansion, which can compromise their attractiveness. The typically under-resourced urban planning departments of the Global South face a complicated task in establishing planning regulations that can preserve a town's identity while accommodating these rapid transformations. This requires a delicate regulatory equilibrium – too restrictive an urban plan could hinder investment and local growth, while a less restricted approach risks destroying a town's heritage, identity, and touristic appeal. This study presents a randomised controlled trial in which residents and tourists rate a town's visual identity using photo simulations of 27 different planning regulation scenarios, drawing from a real-life conservation plan on the island of Chiloé (Chile). We test the effectiveness of this method for identifying which building regulations are relevant for preserving a town's identity. This low-cost and rapidly implemented method may complement the work of urban planners in setting the regulatory framework for conservation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019739752400033X/pdfft?md5=6a6225ede3b555ade2b974a92ceba132&pid=1-s2.0-S019739752400033X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140103866","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":"Spatial distribution and transformation mechanism of specialized villages in typical agricultural areas: Case study of Henan province, China","authors":"Jie Xiao ,&nbsp;Jiajun Qiao ,&nbsp;Dong Han ,&nbsp;Yuling Ma ,&nbsp;Qiankun Zhu ,&nbsp;Weiweng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103034","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The contradiction between rural socioeconomic changes and residents' demands for a better life poses challenges for sustainable development. Industrial revitalization is a core issue in promoting rural economic development. Specialized villages, which focus on specific industries and excel in certain areas, are important pathways for increasing farmers' income, promoting industrial prosperity, and advancing agricultural modernization. However, there has been limited research on the spatial distribution and transformation patterns of rural industrial development models. In particular, in the context of rapid rural restructuring, understanding the spatial evolution of specialized villages is important for future rural development. Taking Henan Province—an important agricultural province in China—as a case, this study finds that the spatial evolution of specialized villages can be divided into six stages and three transformations corresponding to time period. The specialized villages show a spatial pattern of center–periphery, spatial agglomeration, and periphery–center development. In line with China's shift from quantitative expansion to qualitative reform, the types of specialized villages gradually diversified, driven by socioeconomic development and human behavioral factors in different periods. Although China's specialized villages show diversified development patterns, there remains a need to identify development patterns that are consistent with different types of villages to achieve high-quality development, fully implement rural revitalization, and provide typical cases for global sustainable development. By summarizing the development patterns of specialized villages, this study helps to accurately determine the value of specialized villages in rural development and to design more targeted paths for the development of rural industries, which is significant for promoting sustainable rural development and enhancing human well-being.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140095691","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 GIS-based assessment of different income groups’ access to multiple types of green areas in Budapest, Hungary","authors":"György Csomós ,&nbsp;Jenő Zsolt Farkas ,&nbsp;Zoltán Kovács","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A growing body of literature demonstrates that the accessibility of urban green spaces may differ across ethnic, minority, racial, and socioeconomic groups. In post-socialist Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, income has become the most critical factor influencing where people may reside in a city, as well as to the extent to which they can access city services. This paper investigates socioeconomic disparities in access to green areas in Budapest, Hungary, taking multiple types of green areas into account, such as urban green spaces (e.g., urban parks and gardens), urban forests, and residential greenery (e.g., private gardens and street trees). People's incomes were considered a proxy measure for socioeconomic status, and the spatial distribution of green areas were analyzed with geographic information system (GIS) tools. The results show that the advantage of wealthier people in terms of urban green space provision is not so pronounced, which is the outcome of a multi-layered historical urban development. However, considering the accessibility of urban forests and residential greenery, high-income people are in a more favorable position than those from other socioeconomic groups. In addition, geography seems to be a crucial constraint for high- and upper-middle income inner-city residents to access urban forests and residential greenery, indicating that factors outside of socioeconomic status influence access to green areas. Future planning policies should attempt to alleviate inequalities in green area provision; however, some inherited and recent issues may jeopardize municipalities' ability to achieve this goal.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140030697","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 urban sprawl: A systematic review of 130 definitions","authors":"Hashem Dadashpoor,&nbsp;Gelare Shahhoseini","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urban sprawl is one of the significant topics in urban planning and land use management, yet it remains an ambiguous and debatable concept with different meanings for individuals and various fields. Each definition tends to focus on one or a few aspects of urban sprawl, lacking an integrated and holistic perspective that covers all relevant dimensions of this phenomenon. Various categorizations of definitions have been attempted, but they come with certain shortcomings and gaps. Thus, it is necessary to establish a new classification for definitions of urban sprawl and subsequently present an integrated and holistic definition for it. Therefore, the present study examines the key approach of different disciplines in the definition of urban sprawl. It has also focused on a systematic review and qualitative coding of the definitions provided by different authors and considered different categories of definitions of urban sprawl. Its output is a six-fold category (pattern-oriented, process-oriented, nature-oriented, location-oriented, actors-oriented, and factors-oriented). This category provides a suitable field for theorists and scholars to fill the gaps in academic discourses in providing definitions. It also helps them make a clear framework for the definition of urban sprawl. Also, removing the ambiguity of the definition of this phenomenon, facilitates the possibility of providing effective policies for its management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140014492","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":"Judicial auction housing discounts and housing segments interaction: Evidence from China","authors":"Weidong Qu,&nbsp;Yiqi Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103053","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The urban resale housing market has seen an increasing influence from the judicial auction housing segment. This study delves into judicial auction housing discounts and the underpinning mechanisms from the standpoint of buyer risk preference and market interplay. Transaction data from 11 prominent cities in China, spanning July 2017 to October 2020, were analyzed. Principal empirical outcomes suggest an average economic depreciation for China's judicial auction housing market of approximately 14%, corroborated by our neighbor-matched sample. Key findings suggest a substitution effect between the judicial auction and regular resale segments and highlight the significance of purchasing risk as a determinant for this channel. Moreover, an increase in uncertainty about the overall market environment could intensify demand flowing out of the judicial auction market as well as its economic depreciation. The results offer insightful implications for policy designers, emphasizing the enhancement of judicial auction housing quality and the need for improving transparency of information in the resale housing market.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140014412","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":"Spatio-temporal patterns and correlation effects of regional rurality and poverty governance change: A case study of the rocky desertification area of Yunnan-Guangxi-Guizhou, China","authors":"Dedong Feng ,&nbsp;Yanfeng Jiang ,&nbsp;Hualou Long ,&nbsp;Yingqian Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103044","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The global urbanization process requires solving the issues of rural and poverty, and research on the coupling patterns and correlational effects of rurality and regional poverty governance change can provide references for promoting regional urban-rural integration and rural revitalization. Based on the analysis of the conceptual relationship and interaction mechanism between rurality and poverty, this paper revealed the spatio-temporal pattern evolution characteristics and correlational effects of the rurality index (RI) and poverty governance level (PGL) in 91 counties of the rocky desertification area of Yunnan-Guangxi-Guizhou (RDAYGG) in China from 2005 to 2020 by using the multi-index comprehensive evaluation, Person correlation coefficient, and fixed effects model. The results showed that (1) there are similarities and differences between rurality and poverty. The logic of rurality affecting poverty governance is that the dynamic trade-offs between the share of positive and negative rurality in a region will come to alter the local capacity for urban-rural coordinated development, and the ideal process is manifested in the weakening of negative rurality and the enhancement of positive rurality. (2) From 2005 to 2020, the RI of counties within the RDAYGG showed a pattern of continuous weakening, while the PGL showed a trend of gradual increase in the whole region, and both were holistically characterized by reverse dynamic change. (3) The regional PGL is closely related to the change of rurality. When other influencing factors remain unchanged, for every 10% reduction in the RI, the PGL will increase by about 0.4%. Future research needs to focus on crucial propositions such as the mixed turn of rurality in the new era, the construction of poverty theory in the latest stage, and the spatial-temporal coupling of rural development and poverty governance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139992589","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 ‘peri-urban turn’: A systems thinking approach for a paradigm shift in reconceptualising urban-rural futures in the global South","authors":"Lakshmi Priya Rajendran ,&nbsp;Leal Raúl ,&nbsp;Mingze Chen ,&nbsp;Juan Carlos Guerrero Andrade ,&nbsp;Rakib Akhtar ,&nbsp;Lazaro Eliyah Mngumi ,&nbsp;Sheeba Chander ,&nbsp;Sudhan Srinivas ,&nbsp;Maria Rinya Roy","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197397524000419/pdfft?md5=1289450374df84bf3948d359f2ce0012&pid=1-s2.0-S0197397524000419-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139943084","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":"How can land-use practices be modeled? Understanding the influence of knowledge, attitudes and emotional connections on urban residents’ behavioral intentions regarding peri-urban areas from an MLU perspective","authors":"Deya Xu ,&nbsp;Xiaokun Gu ,&nbsp;Mengyao Xu ,&nbsp;Xiaotian Li","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Multifunctional land use (MLU), as an effective way to increase the intensity and efficiency of land use, is an important concept and method for achieving sustainable land use. The behavioral intentions of urban residents towards peri-urban areas have a significant impact on both policy formulation and individual motivation. We used survey data from representative metropolitan areas in eastern, central, and western China to understand which factors influence participants' behavioral intentions towards peri-urban areas. The method of this study comprises three major steps. First, emotional connections (E) were identified and added to the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) model, yielding a KAEP model which is the foundation of the research hypotheses. Second, factor analysis was adopted to generate 14 land use functions that revealed the urban residents' attitudes toward peri-urban areas. Third, regression was used to understand the relationships between knowledge, attitudes, emotions, and practices. The results show that emotional connections are indeed an important factor in shaping behavioral intentions. Urban residents' differing expectations regarding peri-urban areas lead to four different types of behavioral intentions, including living, traveling, working, and retiring. The government should aim to broaden urban residents' access to knowledge on MLU and employ effective promotions. Rural planning and policies should adopt differentiation strategies according to the attitudes of urban residents. In addition, the government should improve the physical environment of the countryside to increase urban residents’ emotional connections to rural areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139748794","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":"Understanding squatting: An interdisciplinary analysis for effective policy interventions","authors":"Tony Rantissi,&nbsp;Vitaly Gitis","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Approximately one in ten individuals globally currently reside without authorization in another person's dwelling, building, or parcel of land, underscoring the magnitude of squatting as a widespread phenomenon. Despite its prevalence, squatting has largely remained overlooked in policy discussions and academic discourse, often associated with anarchistic behavior. Through a critical examination of existing literature and evolving perspectives in the policy debate on squatting, this article emphasizes the imperative of recognizing the inherent complexities of this phenomenon. The primary goal is to provide policymakers with an integrated framework that recognizes the intricacies of squatting, rectifies the limitations of prevailing neoclassical models, and facilitates evidence-based interventions for sustainable urban development. Central to this proposed framework is the Squatting Index, a numeric representation of overall squatting intensity derived from the weighted contribution of various socioeconomic factors. This index serves as a dynamic tool for formulating policy, evaluating policy effectiveness, monitoring evolving squatting dynamics over time, and adapting strategies and adjusting resource allocation to address emerging needs. Its application holds the promise of instigating a more informed, adaptable, and effective approach to address the multifaceted challenges associated with squatting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139748793","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":"Same planet but different worlds! Diverging convergence pattern of urban form typologies across 413 cities with million+ inhabitants and their sustainability trade-offs","authors":"Saurav Chakraborty ,&nbsp;Josef Novotný ,&nbsp;Indranil Maity ,&nbsp;Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez ,&nbsp;Alexander Follmann","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Low-density urban expansion presents a worldwide urban land use sustainability challenge, resulting in increased land consumption and heightened landscape fragmentation. Existing research looks at the impacts of various urban form typologies on these two effects independently. We try to close this gap by identifying the urban form of 413 cities with million+ inhabitants worldwide as well as their simultaneous contribution to both land consumption and fragmented built-up land. We found that dispersed-continuous and compact-continuous typologies are predominant in cities in the Global North, whereas dispersed-fragmented and compact-fragmented typologies are prevalent in cities in the Global South. This effectively demonstrates the <em>‘diverging convergence</em>’ pattern of urban form typologies across Global North and Global South. Our results further unravel that cities in the Global North divulge less built-up fragmentation while consuming more land. Contrarily, cities in the Global South consume less land per capita but have a more fragmented built-up area. It serves as a metaphor for regional trade-offs of urban land use sustainability, particularly if adopting a synchronic perspective on the global urban sustainability. Urban policy should prioritize finding ways to lessen adverse consequences linked with specific urban form typologies to effectively tackle urban land use sustainability trade-offs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139738115","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}