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Dwindling funds and increased responsibilities: Decentralization, unfunded mandates, and Harare's infrastructure crisis Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Brandon Marc Finn, Elmond Bandauko
Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare, faces severe infrastructural challenges. The city is presented with major constraints in its ability to adequately provide services for its growing population while losing essential streams of revenue required for infrastructural maintenance and development. This occurs in the context of the decentralization from the Zimbabwean national government to its cities. Cities
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Impacts and perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban-rural linkages in Rwanda Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Ilija Gubić, Manuel Wolff, Andrew Kabera
Marketplaces are regarded as essential public spaces, providing not only access to fresh produce but also functioning as important social infrastructures. Marketplaces also strengthen urban-rural linkages, and their functioning is important for the livelihoods of urban and rural dwellers. However, many marketplaces closed down or had to adhere to various restrictions in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus
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The unseen population: Do we underestimate slum dwellers in cities of the Global South? Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Julius H.P. Breuer, John Friesen, Hannes Taubenböck, Michael Wurm, Peter F. Pelz
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Forecasting the dynamics of the Istanbul real estate market with the Bayesian time-varying VAR model regarding housing affordability Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 İsmail Canöz, Hakan Kalkavan
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Automating property valuation at the macro scale of suburban level: A multi-step method based on spatial imputation techniques, machine learning and deep learning Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Peyman Jafary, Davood Shojaei, Abbas Rajabifard, Tuan Ngo
Property valuation research, evolving with Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), encounters challenges in handling dynamic market conditions. While the market approach is a practical solution to complement the AVMs, it also suffers from different deficiencies, particularly in relying on subjective valuer judgment. In Australia's diverse real
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How studentification reshapes social vulnerability in urban Korea: Impressions based on regeneration and shrinkage Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Hyun Kim, Hyewon Kim, Kyle Maurice Woosnam, Gyu Seomun
This work examines to what degree studentification may be associated with social vulnerability and be influenced by urban regeneration and shrinkage across four anchor institutions and their surrounding areas. Focusing on four South Korean metropolitan cities and utilizing longitudinal secondary data concerning studentification, social vulnerability, and shrinkage, we conducted correlation analysis
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Mapping the margins: A systematic scoping review of the impact of digital mapping on public participation in informal settlements Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Alan Américo da Silva, Iasmin Fernanda Kormann da Silva, René Westerholt
Informal areas in the Global South are still relatively under-researched. This is partly due to the difficulties associated with accessing these areas, especially when it comes to more complex research topics such as understanding the daily lives of residents and other phenomena that are difficult to measure from the outside or purely through data. In planning, access to informal areas is relevant
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Contradictions and compromises in sustainability planning: The case of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk, Russia Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Aleksandra Durova, Brent D. Ryan
Sustainability assessment frameworks often fall short of elucidating context-specific conflicts inherent in planning practice and its contribution to diverse sustainability priorities. This study explores the integration of priorities and principles associated with sustainability in the spatial planning of the sub-Arctic city of Yakutsk. It also investigates how conflicting priorities manifest in the
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Green infrastructure inequalities in informal settlements Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Elgar Kamjou, Mark Scott, Mick Lennon
A growing number of cities are turning to green infrastructure as a way to manage climate change, nature recovery and unsustainable development. Although such an approach has been at the centre of thinking about development in many cities in the global North, there have been few interventions in cities of the global South. Only recently have scholars paid attention to how uneven land-use regulations
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Exploring real estate valuation practices in an informal market Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Uri Ansenberg, Nufar Avni, Gillad Rosen
This study investigates the intricate realm of real estate valuation in the Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. Drawing on 27 interviews with real estate appraisers and an analysis of betterment tax valuations, arbitration reports, and court minutes spanning the years 1991–2023, we unpack the distinct valuation practices in this informal urban setting. We discuss the unique challenges involved
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Questioning the Covid-19-induced ‘counterurbanisation story’: Discourse coalitions in the promotion of a new counterurban movement in the Austrian public media Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Martina Schorn, Alexander Barnsteiner, Alois Humer
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a discursive change in the representation of urban-rural mobilities in the Austrian public media. Before the pandemic, a narrative of ‘rural decline’ had dominated the media discourse. Media have since changed this narrative to one of counterurbanisation as a result of the (perceived) effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on residential location choices.
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Sharing or sparing? The trade-offs among urban services, food production and ecosystem services Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Dongxiang Chen, Yuanming Wang, Haijun Bao
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Pathways of Co-Production: Negotiations and contextual insights into Quito's peripheral urbanisation Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Riccardo Porreca, Michael Janoschka
This study offers a detailed examination of urban habitat co-production in a semi-peripheral community of Quito, Ecuador, spotlighting a dynamic interplay of dialogue and negotiation between the Municipality and local communities. The stakeholders endeavour to preserve and evolve their ancestral territories in the absence of state support and amidst the challenges of formal urban development. Our research
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The medicalisation of solid waste: Coordination challenges of domestic biomedical risk waste in illegal dumping sites in informal settlements in Cape Town Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 H.S. Geyer Jr., G. van Lille
The study evaluates the emerging health and safety coordination challenges Cape Town faced in the management of illegally dumped domestic biomedical waste in informal settlements. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the emerging health challenge of illegally dumped domestic biomedical waste because of the volume of healthcare waste and hazardous materials found in domestic waste. This regularly causes
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Preserving enough? A randomised controlled trial approach to determine relevant urban planning regulations for small touristic towns – A case of Chiloé, Chile Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez, Juan Pablo Urrutia, Kaoutar Mellouki
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
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Defining urban sprawl: A systematic review of 130 definitions Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Hashem Dadashpoor, Gelareh Shahhossein
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
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The ‘peri-urban turn’: A systems thinking approach for a paradigm shift in reconceptualising urban-rural futures in the global South Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Lakshmi Priya Rajendran, Leal Raúl, Mingze Chen, Juan Carlos Guerrero Andrade, Rakib Akhtar, Lazaro Eliyah Mngumi, Sheeba Chander, Sudhan Srinivas, Maria Rinya Roy
With the rapid pace of urbanization, urban sprawl has become a prevalent phenomenon, particularly in the global South, leading to the emergence of peri-urban spaces where rural-urban interfaces occur. These peri-urban areas exhibit dynamic and continuous interactions among social, economic, and environmental systems, offering valuable insights for fostering resilient futures. However, this aspect remains
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Understanding squatting: An interdisciplinary analysis for effective policy interventions Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Tony Rantissi, Vitaly Gitis
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
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Same planet but different worlds! Diverging convergence pattern of urban form typologies across 413 cities with million+ inhabitants and their sustainability trade-offs Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Saurav Chakraborty, Josef Novotný, Indranil Maity, Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez, Alexander Follmann
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The spatio-temporal evolution and transformation mode of human settlement quality from the perspective of “production-living-ecological" spaces--a case study of Jilin Province Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Yujia Qin, Lingzhi Wang, Ming Yu, Xiaowan Meng, Yeting Fan, Ziqiang Huang, Ergu Luo, Bryan Pijanowski
Amidst rapid industrialization and urbanization, urban and rural human settlements have witnessed marked transformations, each exhibiting distinct developmental trajectories and challenges. Utilizing the “Production-Living-Ecological" spatial theory within territorial planning, this study devises a comprehensive evaluation system for human settlement quality. It delineates the evolution of human settlement
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Enabling planned urban settlements through land readjustment - A case study from Kigali, Rwanda Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 John Mugisha, Ernest Uwayezu, Nelly John Babere, Wilbard Jackson Kombe
Urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa has been characterised by inadequate infrastructure services due to insufficient financing coupled with prohibitively expensive approaches to land acquisition from private owners. Land readjustment (LR) has been promoted as an approach that has the potential to overcome financial challenges but studies on LR design in the context of sub-Saharan Africa are scanty.
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Revitalising rural areas through counterurbanisation: Community-oriented policies for the settlement of urban newcomers Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Simona Zollet, Meng Qu
Rural communities throughout Japan, especially in the most peripheral regions, are experiencing rapid demographic, socio-economic, and environmental decline, with many facing the possibility of vanishing in the coming decades. To address these issues, the Japanese government has implemented various policy initiatives aimed at rural revitalisation, some of which focus on attracting newcomers to depopulating
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Assessing the joint economic effect of high-speed rail and enclave parks in the Yangtze River Delta region Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Shaobo Wang, Yutao Zhou, Jianke Guo, Kunyao Xu
The opening of high-speed rail (HSR) and the operation of enclave parks (EP) are both important cross-regional economic activities that play a pivotal role in promoting regional economic development. This study modifies the previous single-dimension research paradigm of the HSR effects and EP effects, focusing on the synergistic relationship between HSR and EP in the process of urban economic development
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Social capital and community-driven development: A multi-group analysis of migrant and indigenous informal settlements in Greater Accra, Ghana Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Beatrice Eyram Afi Ziorklui, Seth Asare Okyere, Matthew Abunyewah, Stephen Leonard Mensah, Louis Kusi Frimpong
In sub-Saharan African cities, community-driven development has emerged as a collective response to entrenched socio-spatial inequalities and inappropriate local development planning responses to the challenges of informal settlements. Social capital is considered to stimulate such community-driven initiatives. There are also claims that social capital can impede the sustainable development of informal
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Living labs for user empowerment and value delivery in social housing upgrading processes Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 D.C.C.K. Kowaltowski, V. Gomes da Silva, C. Van Oel, A.D. Granja, E.A.D. Muianga, S. Kabisch, D. De Carvalho Moreira, J.S.J. Koolwijk, J. Pößneck, P.T. Tzortzopoulos, J. Soliman Jr, M.E. Bridi, A. Freeke
Upgrading existing social housing (SH) requires user-centred participatory processes to promote values. Comparative case studies in Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK are presented. Living Labs (LLs) were conducted for the delivery of user values and to promote an informed decision-making process. Tools and LL activities were tested to engage stakeholders in the upgrading process, support
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Artificial terrariums as urban habitats innovative solutions for environmental, economic, and social development Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Eric Vaz
This article examines the potential of repurposing abandoned indoor retail spaces into artificial landscapes as terrariums. By transforming these neglected areas, which would otherwise contribute to the proliferation of brownfields, into large virtual terrariums, a novel and unexplored utilization of extinct vegetation is made possible. This article investigates the educational and experiential benefits
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Exploration of urban community renewal governance for adaptive improvement Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Wenzheng Lu, Baoxing Qiu, Yuzhe Wu
The pandemic, public crises, ageing, and social fragmentation have exposed the fragility of community systems. This paper proposes the hypothesis that governance structure and institution affect the functional system and adaptability of the community, and forms a framework of structural-institutional-functional adaptation. Using comparative analysis of cases from different governance structures and
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The organic renewal of traditional villages from the perspective of logical space restoration and physical space adaptation: A case study of Laoche village, China Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Bohua Li, Fuduan Yang, Xiangyu Long, Xingyue Liu, Bo Cheng, Yindi Dou
With the rapid advancement of urban-rural integration and rural revitalization, China's traditional villages are gradually entering a stage of comprehensive transformation from tradition to modernity, and the continuous expansion of residents' spatial, cultural, and function needs has led to an increasingly serious phenomenon of non-compliant renewal. However, there is a clear lack of guidance and
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Investigating the correlation between building façade design elements and tourist satisfaction - Cases study of Italy and the Netherlands Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Mengmeng Wang, Zhuoying Jia
Tourism has played a pivotal role in the recovery of the global economy, particularly following the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The image of a city affects tourists' travel satisfaction, and building façades are an important part of the city's image. The lack of correlation research as well as methodological and quantitative support for the correlation between building façade design elements
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Spatio-temporal patterns and accessibility of green spaces in Kumasi, Ghana Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Prosper Issahaku Korah, Millicent Awialie Akaateba, Bernard Afiik Akanpabadai Akanbang
Urban green spaces (UGS) are a central part of cities and offer multiple ecological and social benefits necessary for a higher quality of life of inhabitants. However, rapid unguided urban growth together with planning policies on rezoning can lead to transformation of UGS to commercial, residential, and other uses. These processes of land use change result in inequities in the distribution of UGS
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Assessing the speculative dynamics and determinants of residential apartment rentals in Mogadishu, Somalia: A hybrid modeling approach Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Mohamed Ibrahim Nor, Mohamed Mahees Raheem
There has been relatively rapid growth in Somalia's real estate sector recently, resulting in property market booms in major cities of the country. Despite this sector's importance, very little scientific research has been conducted. Thus, this study aims to model the rental value of residential apartments in Mogadishu, Somalia. A hybrid modeling approach is utilized, in which a hedonic regression
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Evaluating transit-oriented new town development: Insights from Seoul and Tokyo Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Hyungun Sung, Sunyong Eom
This study evaluates 7Ds (density, diversity, design, distance to transit, destination accessibility, demand management, and demography) from a transit-oriented development (TOD) perspective for four large-scale new towns (NTs) in the suburban areas of Seoul, South Korea, and Tokyo, Japan. The analysis revealed variations in self-sufficiency and travel behavior based on these differences, leading to
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Beyond the known: Walking accessibility twist to new cities Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Prosper Issahaku Korah, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Providence Adu
While research on new cities is emerging across African cities, focusing on housing, infrastructure, and service provision, little is known about walking accessibility for residents within and outside these new cities. Using the national capital of Ghana as a case study, the purpose of this paper is twofold: (a) it measures walking accessibility within and outside new cities in Accra; and (b) it compares
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Solid waste management in rural touristic areas in the Himalaya – A case of Ghandruk, Nepal Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Saroj Adhikari, Mohan B. Dangi, Ronald R.H. Cohen, Sabal J. Dangi, Sandhya Rijal, Manoj Neupane, Samara Ashooh
Solid waste management studies, in most cases, emphasize urban and suburban areas. It is imperative to include rural areas, given the shift in the volume and types of waste produced and the management methods employed. It is also crucial to apprehend the waste characteristics influenced by socioeconomic variables and environmental considerations to provide a comprehensive picture of waste management
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A GIS-based approach for improving urban sanitation planning and services delivery: A case study from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Mouhamady Zoungrana, Harinaivo Anderson Andrianisa, Roland Yonaba, Asengo Gérardin Mabia, Sina Thiam, Bè Bonkian
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Analyzing the effect of depopulation on the spatial structure of the city of Łódź, Poland: Development and application of an integrated land use and transportation model Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Alireza Sahebgharani, Szymon Wiśniewski, Marta Borowska-Stefańska, Michał Kowalski, Khashayar Mokoei
This article evaluates the effect of depopulation, as a common trend in European countries and post-industrial cities, on the selected components of urban spatial structure, as an example of Łódź (Poland). An integrated land use and transportation model was adapted and calibrated based on the available data in the study area and modeled the evolution of the city structure from 2020 to 2040. For the
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A life-course approach to assessing residential mobility dynamics in selected immigrant communities in Kumasi, Ghana Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Michael Poku-Boansi, Justice Prosper Tuffuor, Michael Osei Asibey
This paper responds to the emerging concerns of residential dissonance character by examining the position and influence of the “life-course” framework of households on residential mobility decisions and the conjunct attainment of subjective well-being in their current and anticipated residential locations. Using data from a cross-sectional survey design and adopting a multi-stage sampling procedure
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Contextualising the housing problem of the Roma community in relation to counterurbanisation in Urla, İzmir Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Adile Arslan Avar, Fehmi Doğan, Yağmur Özcan Cive, Tonguç Akış
This paper examines how the housing problem of the Roma people, living already under severe socio-spatial circumstances, has been exacerbated by counterurbanisation over recent decades in the resort town of Urla, İzmir. Based on empirical socio-spatial research adopting methodological pluralism integrating qualitative and quantitative research techniques, the study uses in-depth interviews and secondary
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How about finding alternative livelihood sources to relocate in-lane street hawkers from the urban road network? Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Philip Kofi Alimo, Isaac Sarfo, Emmanuel Yeboah, Lawrencia Agen-Davis, Ling Wang, Wanjing Ma
In-lane street hawking remains one of the urbanization challenges emanating from unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa. Although forceful evictions have been largely unsuccessful, the possibility of finding alternative livelihood sources for hawkers to relocate them from the road network has received little attention in the literature. Using secondary data and semi-structured interviews from Accra, Ghana
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Hybridising counterurbanisation: Lessons from Japan's kankeijinkō Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Luke Dilley, Menelaos Gkartzios, Shogo Kudo, Tokumi Odagiri
This paper examines the discourse and material manifestation of kankeijinkō, a phrase used in Japan to describe, primarily, highly mobile groups of urbanities who make regular visits to the countryside. Drawing on Japanese grey literature, secondary data analysis, national-level policy reports and exploratory fieldwork in the northwest of Japan, we argue that the concept of kankeijinkō offers a view
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Introducing climate-related counterurbanisation: Individual adaptation or societal maladaptation? Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Mark Scott, Menelaos Gkartzios, Keith Halfacree
Climate disruption today and anticipated future climate breakdown are reshaping demographic and spatial processes, with profound consequences for societies across the globe. Specifically, migration can become a key strategy to attempt to respond to and cope with environmental change. This paper seeks to make sense of one type of migration, counterurbanisation, in this climate breakdown era. It provides
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Modelling future wetland loss with land use landcover change simulation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area: The importance of continued greenbelt development restrictions Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Elissa Penfound, Eric Vaz
The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is both the largest urban region in Canada and an area that contains most of the Greenbelt, a protected, ecologically significant area. This study uses land use landcover (LULC) change simulation and wetland data to model how increasing urban and suburban expansion may influence wetland loss and fragmentation in the GTHA if Greenbelt restrictions are not
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Unveiling the experienced age-friendliness of older people in Bucharest: A comprehensive study using the validated Romanian age-friendly cities and communities questionnaire and cluster analysis Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Loredana Ivan, Jeroen Dikken, Joost van Hoof
Current global trends show that different regions of the globe face an increased level of urbanization, and there is a swift aging process from the Western to the Eastern European countries. Romania is a typical country expecting to triple the percentage of the older population aged 65 and over in the next 30 years. Urban policies often neglect such demographic perspectives. The World Health Organization
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Reconsidering mobility of care: Learning from the experiences of low-income women during the COVID-19 lockdown in Itagüí, Colombia Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Juan Pablo Orjuela, Tim Schwanen
In recent years the literature on mobility of care has rapidly expanded, and the concept offers a powerful lens to highlight how everyday mobilities are organised, undertaken, and experienced in gendered ways. The concept can nonetheless benefit from further theoretical development. In this paper we enrich the mobility of care concept by drawing on influential conceptualisations of care from feminist
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Gaps in urban planning: A systematic review of policy-making in the informality of urban space Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Mojtaba Rafieian, Ayda Kianfar
The informality of urban spaces has emerged as a critical concern in urban planning across many countries. This paper examines the urban planning and management policies designed to regulate these informal, or ‘gray,’ spaces. Our survey of these guiding and controlling policies reveals a variety of approaches used worldwide. However, the lack of a systematic classification for these policies has led
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Intergenerational social housing for older adults: Findings from a Central European city Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Jan K. Kazak
Creating modern social housing should address not only architectonic requirements but also social challenges associated with ageing society. In that regard it is especially important to avoid creating closed homogeneous communities, stressing this aspect in countries which are at the beginning of a way of introducing such solutions. Therefore, the aim of this research is to assess whether the pioneer
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“No flooding, no traffic jams here, no jobs either”: Conceiving urbanization in small cities of southern Vietnam Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Thi-Thanh-Hiên Pham, Khac Minh Trân, Thi My Duyên Thiêu, Thi Mai Thoa Trân
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Settlement scaling law reveals population-land tensions in 7000+ African urban agglomerations Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Gang Xu, Mengyan Zhu, Bin Chen, Muhammad Salem, Zhibang Xu, Xuecao Li, Limin Jiao, Peng Gong
Allometric urban scaling law quantifies disproportional relationships between urban indicators and city size, which has been reported across developed countries and parts of the global south, but its applicability in Africa is neglected. Here, taking built-up areas derived from remote sensing in more than 7000 African agglomerations in 2015 as examples, we systematically investigate this settlement
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Ring roads, revived plans, & plotted practice: The multiple makings of Nairobi’s urban periphery Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Miriam Maina, Liza Cirolia
From the Thika Superhighway to the opening of the Expressway, Nairobi’s recent history has been marked by the rapid development of large-scale mobility infrastructures. The paper uses the recently built urban bypass highways that circle the city as a heuristic entry point to theorise the urban and contribute to debates on the nature of the urbanising periphery in Africa. The empirical contribution
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Adaptive reuse of heritage buildings; a systematic literature review of success factors Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Fatemeh Vafaie, Hilde Remøy, Vincent Gruis
Whilst adaptive reuse is often applied with good outcomes, we are also faced with projects that have not achieved the desired results. There is little insight into why some projects succeed and others fail, or even what constitutes “success” at all – due in part to the intangibility of the word “success” and unsettled definitions and synonyms of “adaptive reuse. Accordingly, this paper seeks to answer
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Capturing public voices: The role of social media in heritage management Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-29 Mahda Foroughi, Bruno de Andrade, Ana Pereira Roders
Social media platforms have been increasingly used by locals and tourists to express their opinions about buildings, cities, and built heritage in particular. Most recently, scholars have been using social media to conduct innovative research on built heritage and heritage management. Still, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) methods to analyze social media data for heritage management
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Typological diversity and morphological continuity in the modern residential fabric: The case of Ankara, Turkey Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Olgu Çalışkan, Neris Parlak Temizel, Mert Akay, Bardia Mashhoodi
Each city has a unique fabric corresponding to the dominant modes of production, legal control, and guidance systems in which it operates. Any periodic alteration in the settled mode of housing supply, in this sense, potentially results in an intrinsic change in ‘typological diversity’ and ‘spatial continuity’ within the collective fabric. If not coordinated by design and development control, the emergent
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Revealing the influence mechanism of the service lifespan of residential buildings in China Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Yue Teng, Zhongfu Li, Sha Liu, Robert L.K. Tiong, Tianxin Li
The total amount of resources and energy consumed by long-lifespan residential buildings (RBs) is far less than that of short-lifespan RBs with repeated demolitions and constructions. This study aims to expand revealing of comprehensive influencing of the service lifespan of RBs beyond the previous approach that focused only on the one aspect of physical conditions with RBs. This study proposed these
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Socio-economic projections in urban climate change adaptation planning: Practices and prospects for just adaptation Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Mia Prall, Marta Olazabal, Martin Lehmann
Urban climate change adaptation efforts have often been criticized for exacerbating the inequitable impacts of climate change by failing to address the social, economic, and environmental impacts of adaptation. There is an urgent need to incorporate equity and justice concerns in adaptation planning as well as approaches and tools that enable such integration. However, climate justice scholarship to
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Economic vulnerabilities and pandemic mobilities: Mobility of low-income populations in İstanbul during the Covid-19 pandemic Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Nihan Akyelken, Eda Beyazit, Ayşegül Kayaoğlu, Şeyda Nur Yıldırım, Fatma Nur Tanyeri
This paper explores the everyday mobilities of low-income populations during the Covid-19 pandemic through a mixed-methods study in İstanbul. It shows how additional economic burdens brought by the Covid-19 pandemic interplay with low-income residents’ attitudes towards using different transport modes, mobility levels, and concerns over public transport use based on socioeconomic and demographic differences
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Tracing the informal fringe: A large-scale study of 20th century ‘wild’ settlements in Vienna, Austria Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Friedrich Hauer, Andre Krammer
Informal urbanization in the global North is an emerging field of research. Likewise, the need to expand existing morphological analysis into informal settlements is well established but lacks material. As our long-term study is able to show, Vienna was one of the European ‘capitals’ of informal urbanization in the 20th century. Drawing on both historical and present-day geodata and surveys, we trace
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Screening and identification: Evaluating the transformation suitability of rural complexes through industrial resource potential in Changsha, China Habitat International (IF 5.205) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Zheng Yuan, Feng Xu, Yicheng Yin, Jingwen Yin, Yuhan Zheng
Promoting sustainable development in rural areas through industrial transformation has emerged as a global consensus. The rural complex, characterized by its integration of industrial elements, serves as an advantageous target for China's rural transformation and development. However, the lack of accurate assessment and identification of industrial resource potential has impeded the progress and growth