ABSTRACT

The conversion of open space to built land is a key feature of urban-rural transformations. In many countries, urban sprawl represents the dominant mode of urban growth. Against this background, urban growth management plays a crucial role in mediating between diverse spatial requirements and curbing sprawl-like land-use patterns, but its effectiveness is not fully understood. Relatively few studies have systematically addressed the goals of growth-management approaches, their implementation pathways and spatial outcomes. Most available work has been carried out as single case studies which hampers solid understanding. In this paper, we first outline the challenge in understanding the role of growth management approaches in land conversions. Then we propose research to focus on: a) comprehending the intended outcomes of growth management, and b) the effectiveness of growth management. We argue that future research in this regard will enable researchers to establish causal links between growth management and land conversions.

摘要

将开放空间转换为已建土地是城乡转型的关键特征。在许多国家，城市扩张是城市增长的主要方式。在这种背景下，城市增长管理在调解各种空间需求和遏制蔓延状的土地利用模式之间起着至关重要的作用，但其有效性尚未得到充分理解。相对较少的研究系统地解决了增长管理方法的目标，其实施途径和空间成果。大多数可用的工作都是作为个案研究进行的，这妨碍了人们的扎实理解。在本文中，我们首先概述了在理解增长管理方法在土地转化中的作用时所面临的挑战。然后，我们建议进行以下研究：a）理解增长管理的预期结果，b）增长管理的有效性。我们认为，在这方面的未来研究将使研究人员能够建立增长管理与土地转化之间的因果关系。