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{"title":"Economic specialisation and complementarity dynamics in polycentric urban regions: A case study of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, Morocco","authors":"Maryam Mazouz ,&nbsp;Mohamed Mastere ,&nbsp;Danielle Nel-Sanders ,&nbsp;Ghizlane Chaoui ,&nbsp;Anas Allouche","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Polycentric urban regions worldwide face the challenge of fully harnessing the potential of their cities. Lack of complementarity among cities in these regions can lead to competition, duplicated efforts, and missed opportunities for coordinated and sustainable development. This study examines economic complementarity in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (RSK) region, Morocco, by analyzing the economic specialisation of its urban centres in relation to the industrial sector. Using correspondence analysis, changes in complementarity between 2013 and 2018 were assessed, revealing a 52.94 ​% increase in the complementarity ratio and a trend toward economic specialisation in four of the seven studied urban centres. Further analysis of economic sectors, based on changes in the coefficient of variance of location quotient values, showed that three out of five sectors experienced increased variance over the study period. This suggests a shift toward economic specialisation and, consequently, greater complementarity, aligning with correspondence analysis findings. However, the comparison between industrial growth and regional development planning goals revealed a misalignment, as only three out of nine industrial growth objectives were met. Further investigation is needed to better understand this disconnect. This study highlights the need for a balanced spatial strategy that aligns regional diversification with local specialisation. It also offers valuable insights for policymakers to foster mutual benefits among RSK centres, identify target industries for growth, maximize economic externalities, and foster overall regional development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1084-1098"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prediction of the effect of bike-sharing on urban carbon emission reduction: Evidence from Beijing","authors":"Hui Zhao ,&nbsp;Zhong Wang ,&nbsp;Jiaming Luo ,&nbsp;Fangru Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Bike-sharing is regarded as a green and economical public transport mode. However, how to scientifically predict its carbon emission reduction effect is still on the way. This article builds an assessment model for emission reduction of bike-sharing. The modeling is based on the rational person hypothesis that consumers take transportation consumption expenditure as a budget constraint, and get the optimal number of trips of shared bikes for utility maximization. Then, we take Beijing as an example to carry out empirical research, whereby data on key influencing factors were collected through questionnaires and situational analysis. Finally, it is predicted that the carbon emission reduction contributed by bike-sharing in Beijing will be approximately 522,540.32–1,135,957.21 tons in 2025–2030. This study can provide a benchmark theoretical model for urban emission reduction, as well as a reference for public transport policy and environmental policy formulation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 990-1003"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identifying functional agglomerations and urban centers using open-source data and machine learning: Framework, applications and planning implications","authors":"Pengyu Zhu ,&nbsp;Jianqi Li ,&nbsp;Zining Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Metropolitan polycentricity is a topic that has been extensively studied. Traditional approaches to identifying urban centers have relied on high-resolution survey data, which is limited in many regions. More recent studies utilizing open-access point of interest (POI) data have primarily focused on POI density, often overlooking functional diversity and interactions. This paper introduces a theoretical framework for identifying distinct urban functional agglomerations and centers using open-source POI data. Considering both density and the combination of urban functions, it advances beyond previous density-centered methodologies by revealing multifunction features. Applying k-means clustering to Guangzhou, this study identifies 63 agglomerations and 11 centers, consistent with the city's Urban Development Plan (2018–2035). The results reveal the multifunctional nature of concentrations across multiple scales. The findings offer policy insights for improving land use, facility investment, and transportation planning. The proposed analytical framework can be readily applied to cities or countries with available open-source POI data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1099-1114"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building a flood vulnerability index for urban resilience: Insights from Kelowna, British Columbia","authors":"Manjot Kaur ,&nbsp;Sheikh Sultana ,&nbsp;Sadia Ishaq ,&nbsp;Sana Saleem ,&nbsp;Kh Md Nahiduzzaman ,&nbsp;Kasun Hewage ,&nbsp;Rehan Sadiq","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Frequent extreme weather events such as floods result in unprecedented casualties along with economic losses in cities. A thorough understanding of the vulnerability and potential risks influences the nature of preparation needed to make the cities resilient which enhances their ability to withstand any future flood events. Assessing flood vulnerability, therefore, is critical for any city authority to choose the right actions on adaptation and mitigation fronts in order to enhance its resilience. This stems from the need to create a localized flood vulnerability index (LOFVI) specific to cities. In this paper, we attempted to create a LOFVI accounting twenty-four physical, social, economic, and environmental vulnerability indicators (VIs) in the City of Kelowna (COK). COK experienced a number of major floods in the recent past while it is at risk of facing future similar and extreme events. LOFVI was designed at COK's neighborhood scale. The result suggests that it scores 44 ​%, which is understood to be a moderate vulnerability. Specifically, it scores “low” in social and environment vulnerability criteria, indexing 21 ​% and 39 ​% respectively. While physical, and economic dimensions score “moderate” with 56 ​%, and 50 ​% vulnerability indices respectively. The individual scores suggest the city needs to improve specific to the areas (VIs) notably, floodplains map, waterfront community, urban forest coverage area and flood insurance within the physical and economic dimensions. The proposed methodology is adaptive and capable of capturing the trajectory of vulnerability dynamics in any cities where flood is a recurrent threat. The vulnerability scores are going to potentially provide consolidated directives on how to keep the communities resilient against natural hazards. The proposed approach is equally adaptable for the assessment of flood vulnerability across other cities across Canada.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1034-1052"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Volumetric urban sprawl: Horizontal and vertical growth in two metropolitans","authors":"Ali Soltani ,&nbsp;Parviz Azizi ,&nbsp;Aliasghar Rahimioun ,&nbsp;Mohammad Sedaghatfard","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The escalating complexities of rapid urbanization necessitate a paradigm shift in urban form evaluation, moving beyond traditional horizontal analyses to incorporate the crucial dimension of vertical growth. This study pioneers a volumetric approach, integrating 3D and 2D spatial analyses, to dissect compactness, sprawl, and their underlying drivers across two contrasting metropolitan regions: the Tehran Metropolitan Region (TMR) and the Greater Sydney Region (GSR) over a 40-year period (1980s–2020s). Our findings reveal a striking dichotomy: TMR exhibits pronounced ‘vertical sprawl,’ characterized by the haphazard proliferation of high-rises in peripheral areas like Karaj, coupled with a dramatic 43 ​% decline in volumetric efficiency and a tripling of built-up area, signifying uncoordinated expansion. Conversely, GSR demonstrates ‘strategic polycentric verticality,’ effectively balancing a 40 ​% horizontal growth with the development of clustered, high-density hubs, such as Parramatta, resulting in stable volumetric density. Employing the Weighted Urban Proliferation (WUP) metric and the Inverse S-Curve Model, we quantify the profound impact of policy frameworks: TMR's regulatory voids fuel inefficient 3D sprawl, evidenced by a 203 ​% increase in WUP vertical sprawl, while GSR's integrated planning fosters resource-efficient growth. This research underscores the indispensable role of multidimensional urban form assessments in guiding sustainable urban development. By bridging the contextual gap between developing and developed cities, this study delivers a universally applicable framework for policymakers to harmonize vertical densification with infrastructure, equity, and environmental sustainability, crucial in an era of intensifying vertical urban expansion.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1004-1021"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparing the social-economic externalities from perspective of private and public industrial parks: Case study of Eastern Industrial Park and Bole Lemi Industrial Park, Ethiopia","authors":"Han Gao,&nbsp;Xingping Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the socio-economic externalities of two representative industrial parks(IPs) in Ethiopia: the privately-owned Eastern Industrial Park (EIP) and the state-owned Bole Lemi Industrial Park (BLI),especially on their distinct social and economic impacts. This study adopts a qualitative research method based on the results of semi-structured interviews with 17 key informants, including park managers and entrepreneurs, officials from government departments related to IPs, and data from relevant government work reports, KIs, and internet sources. Both IPs have significantly contributed to urbanization, spurred the growth of local economic sectors, facilitated labor shifts from agriculture to non-agricultural activities, and attracted regional labor migration. However, they have also exacerbated land speculation, displacement, and unequal economic relations with local communities. EIP outperforms BLI in fostering forward linkages, investing in infrastructure, and engaging with local governance, partially validating Ethiopia's place-based industrial park strategy. Nonetheless, weaknesses in stakeholder collaboration and integration with urban planning have amplified negative externalities. While EIP employs informal negotiation mechanisms to address institutional gaps, this flexible approach remains an imperfect substitute for formal governance structures. The study highlights the need for enhanced mechanisms to strengthen stakeholder collaboration, align IPs with urban development strategies, and mitigate socio-economic inequalities arising from their operations. These findings provide critical insights for improving Ethiopia's industrial park model and offer lessons for similar initiatives in developing economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1071-1083"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incorporating visual attention measures to reveal homeowners’ preferences for environmentally friendly urban landscapes","authors":"Xumin Zhang ,&nbsp;Hayk Khachatryan","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable urban planning practices can help reduce the urban heat island effect, promote green roofs and walls, and encourage the preservation of natural habitats within urban areas. Cities can enhance their resilience to climate change and create healthier, more attractive living spaces for their inhabitants. Resource-efficient or environmentally friendly urban landscapes can support local ecosystems and biodiversity and require fewer external inputs, such as irrigation water and nutrients. To mitigate the increase in population and water demand in urbanizing areas, the options include voluntary landscape water conservation programs, sensor-based irrigation technology, regulations, and low-input landscape plant breeding programs. An in-depth understanding of homeowners' preferences for environmentally friendly landscapes is essential for understanding the potential impact of landscape conservation initiatives and policies on homeowners' adoption intentions. This study employs data from laboratory choice experiments to investigate Floridian homeowners’ preferences for eco-friendly residential landscapes, using an innovative visually inferred attribute non-attendance (ANA) method to better understand their choice decisions. The findings suggest that homeowners can be classified into distinct groups based on their prioritization of various landscape attributes. Designs featuring 100 ​% non-turfgrass ornamental plant coverage were less favored compared to those with a traditional mix of 25 ​% plants and 75 ​% turfgrass designs. Furthermore, financial factors such as cost and rebate incentives could motivate homeowners to focus on cost-related attributes to transition from conventional turfgrass landscaping to environmentally friendly alternatives.</div><div>The findings of this study have a two-fold implication. For sustainable urban planning, particularly in the context of energy-efficient urban design, by understanding homeowners' preferences for environmentally friendly landscapes, policymakers and urban planners can develop data-driven strategies to promote green infrastructure and mitigate the urban heat island effect. Machine learning and data-based methods, such as the visually inferred attribute non-attendance (ANA) approach employed in this study, can help identify key factors influencing homeowners' adoption of eco-friendly landscapes. This information can be integrated into urban planning models to optimize the design of green spaces, reduce water consumption, and enhance the resilience of urban ecosystems to climate change. The study's results can inform the development of targeted incentives and policies to encourage the adoption of environmentally friendly landscapes, ultimately contributing to creating more sustainable and livable cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1022-1033"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Real-time unmet demand-driven relocation policy to improve service capacity of shared E-mopeds","authors":"Jia-Cherng Song,&nbsp;I-Yun Lisa Hsieh,&nbsp;Chuin-Shan Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The growing popularity of shared electric moped scooters (E-mopeds) as a sustainable and convenient transport option faces a fundamental challenge: demand often exceeds supply, necessitating efficient real-time relocation strategies. To address this, we propose an unmet demand-driven relocation policy to improve service efficiency and E-moped utilization. This policy leverages recurrent and diffusion convolutional graph neural networks alongside linear programming. Regional E-moped relocation is suggested to be triggered when its demand falls below a threshold parameter. We demonstrate that the unmet demand strategy consistently outperforms the traditional pick-up method. At a threshold of 3, the unmet demand approach results in 286 relocated E-mopeds compared to 100 using the pick-up strategy, emphasizing the importance of our study. These findings assist operators in implementing more efficient strategies and inform policymakers in refining the maximum fleet sizes and parking space allocation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1340-1355"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building footprint of urban regeneration: A territorial investigation of linear infrastructure in Yangon","authors":"Chaw Thiri Khaing ,&nbsp;Danjuma Abdu Yusuf ,&nbsp;Wenbin Xiao ,&nbsp;Heping Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper explores the pivotal role of linear infrastructure (L.I) in urban regeneration within Yangon, Myanmar, proposing an alternative solution to transform neglected historic urban landscapes into vibrant public spaces. Yangon's specific challenges, including the aging and deteriorating state of many infrastructures, the encroachment of residential and commercial activities, and a growing disparity between the rapidly increasing population and the limited availability of communal spaces, all of which underscore the urgent need for regeneration.Through the examination of three different types of linear infrastructure in Yangon (railway, water pipeline, and flyovers) across large, medium, and small scales as case studies, the research discusses the \"Key Enablers for Enhancing Linear Infrastructure\" in city regeneration as an analytical framework. The methodology is rooted in a qualitative approach, utilizing comprehensive datasets from state-of-the-art analysis, secondary data, government reports, longitudinal field investigations, inventories, and focus group discussions with custodians from neighbourhoods surrounding these infrastructures. The research identifies four key enablers: connectivity, land use composition, socio-economic conditions, and ecological conditions, which facilitate the integration of linear infrastructure with urban regeneration in Yangon. The findings highlight the critical role these factors play in revitalizing urban spaces. The study offers valuable insights for alternative solutions to transform neglected historic linear infrastructures into vibrant spaces, addressing the significance of key enablers in overcoming the upcoming challenges of urban and linear infrastructure regeneration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1053-1070"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fast growing informal peri-urbanization in Africa: The role of local practices in assessing sustainability and planning","authors":"João Carrilho ,&nbsp;Marisa Balas ,&nbsp;Gustavo Dgedge ,&nbsp;Jorge Trindade","doi":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jum.2025.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Peri-urbanization occurs differently across world regions, through urban sprawl, local development, and rural exodus. The latter is typical in primarily rural, fast urbanizing underdeveloped regions in an African context. In those regions, semi-urban settlements develop informally from local practices. For their large numbers, undertaking formal assessments and land use planning to any significant extent is impractical. The study applied a flexible framework to assess the role of local practices on sustainability in rapidly expanding settlements in peri-urban areas and how technical resources and narratives can influence and take advantage of such practices. The work reports a mixed-methods case study conducted in settlements North of Maputo, Mozambique using territorial and social cohesion as proxies for sustainability and as a guide for planning interventions priorities. The study used publicly available and participatory geographic information, limited expert opinion surveys, focus group discussions, and individual satisfaction surveys. We show that, while facing limitations, informal practices are conscious of the local suitability of risks in settlements land use planning and favor social cohesion. The framework supports existing theories and reveals that local microscale traditional physical planning brings marginal gains. The research suggests priority to interventions with a higher impact on territorial and social cohesion, such as narrative-based local institutional innovations, enhancing knowledge exchange on standards and risk management solutions, enforcing regulations, and improving regional networking infrastructure and practices, in face of limited resources and city and regional planners. Research is needed to improve the frameworks' replicability as a new tool to assist in peri-urbanization governance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45131,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Urban Management","volume":"14 4","pages":"Pages 1328-1339"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145580432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}