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Quantifying the spatial patterns and influencing factors of open-pit mining land transition in China 量化中国露天采矿用地转型的空间模式和影响因素

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103338

Shaojie Xu , Fuyuan Wang , Kaiyong Wang

In the context of China's accelerated green transition in economic and social development, understanding the dynamics and influencing factors of open-pit mining land (OPML) transition is crucial for promoting ecological restoration and developing green mines. This study establishes a theoretical model for OPML transition, utilizing remote sensing data, Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST), and Optimal Parameter-based Geodetector to quantitatively evaluate the spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of both dominant and recessive morphological transitions of OPML in China. The results reveal that from 2019 to 2022, China's OPML experienced a significant dominant morphological transition, with a substantial area reduction of 58.13%, primarily converting to grasslands. However, the overall level of recessive morphological transition, characterized by ecosystem service functions, remains low. Notable regional differences exist in the transition process, with Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, and Yunnan exhibiting superior performance in mine governance. Common drivers of both dominant and recessive morphological transitions include road infrastructure, climatic factors, fiscal revenue, and economic development levels, with road infrastructure demonstrating an exceptionally high contribution rate. The underlying driving mechanisms of OPML transition can be understood within a three-dimensional framework encompassing natural, economic, and managerial systems. The paper further discusses the effectiveness of five existing mine management strategies in China, suggesting that future mine management should account for regional differences in natural conditions and economic development, leverage the critical roles of government governance and infrastructure development in advancing OPML transition, and adopt restoration strategies tailored to local conditions to promote sustainable land use and ecological restoration.

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The welfare performance of low-carbon city practice: An innovative tool for assessing urban sustainable development

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103348

Xiaoyun Du , Chenyang Ma , Guangyu Cheng , Xiaoxuan Wei

Extreme climate change is challenging the sustainable development of human beings. The practice of low-carbon cities is an urgent mission worldwide. While previous studies evaluate low-carbon cities from either an input or output perspective, lacking of evaluation based on welfare perspective. This study introduces an innovative tool, the Welfare Performance of Low-Carbon City Practice (WPLCC), to assess urban sustainable development performance. The Super-SBM method is employed as the measurement model. An empirical study of 256 Chinese cities from 2006 to 2020 reveals the spatial-temporal evolution of WPLCC. The findings indicate that: (1) there is an imbalance in WPLCC in China, with the ecological welfare transformation stage significantly outperforming the production transformation stage. (2) Spatially, the overall WPLCC in China shows a circular distribution pattern, exhibiting poor performance in central areas and better performance in surrounding regions. (3) WPLCC performances display significant regional heterogeneity; for example, four municipalities excel in both production and welfare transformation stages. (4) Tailored strategies should be implemented based on performance types and low-carbon process while maintaining policy flexibility. The developed evaluation tool provides a novel perspective for LCC assessment, and empirical findings can offer valuable insights for formulating effective strategies to achieve urban sustainable development goals.

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Inferring ghost cities on the globe in newly developed urban areas based on urban vitality with multi-source data

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103350

Yecheng Zhang, Tangqi Tu, Ying Long

Due to rapid urbanization over the past 20 years, many newly developed areas have lagged in socio-economic maturity, creating an imbalance with older cities and leading to the rise of “ghost cities”. However, the complexity of socio-economic factors has hindered global studies from measuring this phenomenon. To address this gap, a unified framework based on urban vitality theory and multi-source data is proposed to measure the Ghost City Index (GCI), which has been validated using various data sources. The study encompasses 8841 natural cities worldwide with areas exceeding 5 km², categorizing each into new urban areas (developed after 2005) and old urban areas (developed before 2005). Urban vitality was gauged using the density of road networks, points of interests (POIs), and population density with 1 km resolution across morphological, functional, and social dimensions. By comparing urban vitality in new and old urban areas, we quantify the GCI globally using the theory of urban vitality for the first time. The results reveal that the vitality of new urban areas is 7.69% that of old ones. The top 5% (442) of cities were designated as ghost cities, a finding mirrored by news media and other research. This study sheds light on strategies for sustainable global urbanization, crucial for the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

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Quantitative characterization of China's farmland scale utilization level and driving factors: A 30-year comprehensive evaluation perspective

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103335

Feng Tang , Li Wang , Meichen Fu , Pengtao Zhang , Ni Huang , Wensheng Duan , Yuelin Zhang

Enhancing farmland scale utilization is crucial for achieving the sustainable development goal of zero hunger and ensuring food security. However, quantitative research on this topic is relatively lacking. This study focuses on the scientific issue of how to quantify and characterize China's farmland scale utilization level and its driving factors in a long time series. Based on long-term multi-source spatiotemporal data, we comprehensively used the entropy weight-catastrophe progression model and GTWR model to construct a quantitative analysis method for the farmland scale utilization, quantitatively assessed and revealed the spatiotemporal differentiation patterns and driving factors of farmland scale utilization in China over the past 30 years. We found that: (1) Farmland scale utilization level in China has shown a slow upward trend from 1990 to 2020, with an average value ranging from 0.3 to 0.4, mainly at lower and medium grades. 89% of the prefecture-level cities experienced an increase in scale utilization level, while 11% saw a decrease. The most significant increase occurred in the Northeastern China, while the most significant decrease occurred in the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta. (2) The influence degree of driving factors was ranked as follows: farmland terrain relief > per capita farmland area > proportion of secondary and tertiary industries > urbanization rate > population density > land use intensity > farmland elevation > per capita GDP > rural per capita net income > road accessibility > distance to the urban land. Each driving factor showed significant spatial differences in the degree and direction of impact on the scale utilization level, and exhibited different change characteristics over time. We recommend that future efforts should be focus on enhancing agricultural mechanization, promoting comprehensive land consolidation, and strengthening farmland protection to promote sustainable scale utilization of farmland. This study can provide scientific references for the formulation of management policies for the large-scale and sustainable utilization of farmland resources in different regions of China.

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Aspirations versus reality: Factors influencing the vertical social mobility of urban Roma mothers living in extreme poverty

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103334

Boglárka Berki , György Málovics , Remus Creţan

As a result of historical racism and stigmatization for Roma people, living their lives spatially segregated in extreme poverty, opportunities for individual, vertical social mobility are limited by a myriad of structural factors. In addition to this stark reality, no studies deal specifically with the vertical social mobility of extremely poor, stigmatized and segregated urban Roma mothers. The present study aims to contribute to filling this research gap by raising the following research question: What kind of aspirations do extremely poor, stigmatized and segregated urban Roma mothers have in relation to social mobility and, what are the factors that influence their (lack of) vertical mobility? Long term qualitative observations supplemented by semi-structured interviews were used in a Hungarian urban context to answer this research question. Our results indicate that aspirations of vertical social mobility among urban Roma mothers is not related to leaving class behind, and all that implies, but to provide basic material security for their children. However, this aspiration should still be realized in an essentially hostile environment characterized by racist everyday relations in the illiberal nation-state of Hungary. As a result, a number of factors that are linked to the core institutions of social reproduction limit vertical mobility, supplemented by certain internal norms of segregated Roma communities. Meanwhile, vertical mobility might also lead to loss of community ties and thus important material and emotional resources. Within such a context, Roma mothers' efforts towards vertical social mobility are a dramatic struggle. Our results reinforce the understanding that social mobility that indeed serves social justice should be considered as a collective endeavour that improves the situation of entire communities, instead of individualizing responsibility for one's own social position – especially if these “ones” are historically stigmatized and othered.

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The jugaad urbanism-sustainable circular cities nexus: Insights from sub-Saharan Africa's informal settlements

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103349

Gideon Abagna Azunre , Richard Apatewen Azerigyik , Owusu Amponsah , Yetimoni Kpeebi

Informal settlements have long been viewed derogatorily as terrains of despair. Some scholars even summarily dismiss them as offering little to no value to the functioning of cities. Underpinned by the Foucauldian idea of ‘milieus,’ this article challenges the apocalyptic depiction of informal communities, emphasizing their profound roles in sustainable and inclusive cities. Recently, the concept of ‘jugaad urbanism’ has been used to typify this paradigm shift. Emanating from the Hindi term jugadu, jugaad urbanism highlights the ingenuity and resourcefulness of marginalized communities to make do and improvise to solve their everyday problems. With a lacuna in the concept's application to Africa, the aims of this article were twofold: (i) To underscore exemplary communal jugaad urbanism practices in sub-Saharan Africa and (ii) To critically discuss how they contribute to building sustainable, circular, and inclusive cities. After a rigorous review of conventional literature (i.e., scholarly and grey literature), 21 case studies of jugaad urbanism were assessed via six themes: i) re-making of public spaces, ii) innovative reuse of plastic waste, iii) resourceful provisioning of water and sanitation infrastructure, iv) empowerment through games, v) resilience to climate-related risks, and vi) communal safety and security measures. The communal jugaad initiatives analyzed contribute to social, economic, and environmental sustainability while advancing the circular economy principles of waste reuse and recycling. The article recommends that city officials and policymakers learn from marginal populations by first taking stock of jugaad practices and then providing sustained technical and financial support.

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Understanding urban expansion across primary and secondary cities in Ghana

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103339

Andrews Korah, Laurel C. Smith, Michael C. Wimberly

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Heterogeneity of urban‒rural responses to multigoal policy from an efficiency perspective: An empirical study in China

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Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103341

Baishu Guo, Gui Jin

In this study, we employed the distance function to measure land efficiency (LE) and land use efficiency (LUE) in Chinese urban and rural areas and used the difference-in-differences (DID) model to estimate the treatment effects of the multigoal land use policy (MGLUP) on all efficiencies. LE and LUE exhibited specific numerical and spatiotemporal distribution differences. Research on simple efficiency could be one-sided for understanding regional land use characteristics. Except for the nonsignificant positive response of urban LUE, the other efficiencies responded negatively to the pilot scheme. The efficiency loss in rural areas was greater than that in urban areas. From the perspective of urban and rural core and noncore areas, rural areas were more dependent on land input, and LE in agricultural production areas was more resistant to policy shocks. Additionally, urban areas were capital- and technology-intensive, and LUE in the eastern region stimulated growth potential under pilot constraints. This framework was utilized to reveal the divergence of different efficiencies of the MGLUP, and this research paradigm positively impacts academic research and policy-making related to sustainable resource utilization and management.

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Unpacking migrants' social integration: The mediating effect of hierarchical migration in the context of China

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Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103337

Can Cui , Yeling Zhang , Xueying Mu

Internal migrants in China, similar to international immigrants, frequently confront barriers that hinder their integration into their destination cities. Improving the social integration of these migrants has become a central focus for both policy-makers and academia, forming an essential element of China's new urbanization strategy. Despite the mounting scholarly interest in this topic, existing studies primarily focus on examining the influence of individual characteristics and destination attributes on migrants' social integration, but often neglect migrants' diversifed migration patterns along the urban hierarchy, which may affect the degree of social integration achieved by migrants in their chosen destination. This study examines how migrants' demographic and socio-economic attributes are associated with their hierarchical migration pattern and thereby affect their social integration based on the data from the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey. The results reveal a nuanced association between hierarchical migration (the difference in city tiers between the place of origin and destination) and social integration, characterized by a distinct nonlinear, inverted "U" shape. Importantly, this study underscores the pivotal mediating role of hierarchical migration. Individuals with different characteristics (age, gender, married, higher educational attainment, Chinese Communist Party membership, and urban hukou) made different migration choices, resulting in varying levels of social integration. Specifically, migrants who are married and possess higher educational credentials tend to move to bigger cities, which would hinder their overall social integration. This study deepens our understanding of migrants' social integration by highlighting the pivotal role of hierarchical migration, which can be traced back to a significant imbalance of regional development.

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Residential segregation of Chinese minority groups in Greater Sydney

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International

Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103331

Chyi Lin Lee , Mustapha Bangura , Jingxin Lin

Over the years, migration to the major cities of advanced economies has culminated in residential segregation for minority groups. These segregated communities often have differing driving forces and demographic characteristics. Greater Sydney, for instance, has been home to waves of immigrants, particularly from China, making the Chinese the third-largest immigrant group in Australia as of 2021. This resulted in the formation of Chinese enclaves in the city, but the residential segregation of the Chinese minority has not been examined in the literature. Notably, these Chinese enclaves may not align with the traditional understanding of residential segregation. To address this gap, we interviewed 61 Chinese residents living within these designated enclaves and supplemented our findings with secondary data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. We applied content analysis and qualitative methods to identify the prominent enclaves, their determinants, and the consequences of living in these areas. The findings suggest that Chinese enclaves do not match the typical segregated areas known for their socio-economic disadvantages. Chinese migrants tend to settle in certain areas primarily due to favorable pull factors, such as access to quality education, better economic opportunities, and well-developed infrastructure. Although these areas also provide supportive environments with cultural and community benefits that facilitate the settlement and integration of Chinese migrants into Australian society, they still face unique challenges, such as potential cultural segregation and the impact on local house prices. The findings could inform settlement policies by the relevant state authorities and aid the decisions of newly arrived in Australia.

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