Unexceptionally all metropolitan areas throughout the world are surrounded by peri-urban areas that are neither urban nor rural in the conventional sense. Peri-urban areas are transition spaces, where the changes in different land uses are incessantly occurring. Determining the boundaries of these areas are critical to develop appropriate policies to manage and preserve them. The perpetual transition in peri-urban landscapes makes the boundary demarcation of these areas highly difficult. This paper aims to answer the question of what the most suitable methodological approach to demarcate peri-urban areas is. In order to address this question, the study undertakes a systematic review of the relevant literature. The findings show that a generic method does not exist to demarcate peri-urban areas as characteristics of peri-urban areas are not uniform across the globe. This paper advocates that techniques for peri-urban demarcation should be geographically specific, and in every case the regional and local contexts–e.g., political system, institutional arrangement, societal characteristic, environmental qualities, and economic drivers that underpin the peri-urban development—should be considered. The study provides insights to policymakers in order to determine peri-urban boundaries by tailoring available peri-urban demarcation techniques to their regional and local contexts.

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划分城郊地区最合适的方法是什么？文献系统回顾

毫无例外，世界上所有的大都市区都被城郊地区所包围，这些地区既不是传统意义上的城市，也不是农村。城郊地区是过渡空间，不同土地用途的变化不断发生。确定这些区域的边界对于制定适当的政策来管理和保护它们至关重要。城郊景观的永久转变使得这些地区的边界划分变得非常困难。本文旨在回答划定城郊地区最合适的方法论方法是什么的问题。为了解决这个问题，本研究对相关文献进行了系统回顾。研究结果表明，由于城市周边地区的特征在全球范围内并不统一，因此不存在划分城市周边地区的通用方法。本文主张，城郊划定技术应具有地理特征，在每种情况下，区域和地方背景——例如，支撑城郊发展的政治制度、制度安排、社会特征、环境质量和经济驱动因素——应该被考虑到。该研究为政策制定者提供了见解，以便通过根据其区域和当地环境定制可用的城郊划界技术来确定城郊边界。政治体制、制度安排、社会特征、环境质量和支撑城市周边发展的经济驱动因素都应予以考虑。该研究为政策制定者提供了见解，以便通过根据其区域和当地环境定制可用的城郊划界技术来确定城郊边界。政治体制、制度安排、社会特征、环境质量和支撑城市周边发展的经济驱动因素都应予以考虑。该研究为政策制定者提供了见解，以便通过根据其区域和当地环境定制可用的城郊划界技术来确定城郊边界。