Low-density settlements and land use changes in a Mediterranean urban region

Governance changes in peri-urban farmland protection following decentralisation: A comparison between Montpellier (France) and Rome (Italy)

“…We chose to compare these two cities because both have experienced strong population growth since the mid-twentieth century (Table 1), resulting in extensive expansion, mainly toward dispersed morphologies ( Fig. 1) into surrounding rural areas (Abrantes et al, 2010;Salvati et al, 2012). Thus, the challenge of farmland conversion governance is strong in both city-regions.…”

Urban Sprawl in the Mediterranean Urban Regions in Europe and the Crisis Effect on the Urban Land Development: Madrid as Study Case

“…Moreover, CLC is one of the most frequently used sources for analysis of land use in Europe (see, e.g., [15,16,[24][25][26][27]). It also has the advantage of being developed in coordination between participating countries, something that lends it great value in making comparisons between European regions with respect to land use and land cover change.…”

Urban land planning: The role of a Master Plan in influencing local temperatures

“…The main aspects to be considered for urban sprawl/density are: land zoning coordination -ability to plan urban spaces in order to improve energy use and transport efficiency (Saizen et al, 2006;Wegener, 2001;Hamin & Gurran, 2009;Salvati, Munafo, Morelli, & Sabbi, 2012;Kadioglu, 2011;La Greca, Barbarossa, Ignaccolo, Inturri, & Martinico, 2011;Sager, 2011;Zhao et al, 2011); urban geometry and morphology, related to the natural shape of the city (Shoshany & Goldshleger, 2002;Solecki & Oliveri, 2004;McCarthy et al, 2010;Emmanuel & Krüger, 2012;He et al, 2011;Stone, Vargo, & Habeeb, 2012); land sprawl based on densification (Hamin & Gurran, 2009;He et al, 2011;House-Peters & Chang, 2011;Saizen et al, 2006); population growth (Hamin & Gurran, 2009;He et al, 2011;Kadioglu, 2011); land use change or land conversion (Shoshany & Goldshleger, 2002;Yoon & Lee, 2003;Solecki & Oliveri, 2004;Lautenbach, Kugel, Lausch, & Seppelt, 2011;Uherek et al, 2010;Wu & Zhang, 2012).…”

“…Others refer to density distribution of buildings (Kamal-Chaoui & Robert, 2009;Salvati, Munafo, Morelli, & Sabbi, 2012), different building heights, street width, construction techniques and materials (Benzerzour et al, 2011;Hamin & Gurran, 2009;House-Peters & Chang, 2011;Salvati et al, 2012;Yang et al, 2008;Zhao et al, 2011) as setting the conditions for temperature variations in cities. Lehmann (2012) mentions the use of less raw material and material which offers better thermal condition for avoiding the need for space heating.…”

“…The first is transport planning (Wegener, (Lehmann, 2012); Transport Oriented Development (TOD), which regarded as a mixed-use community in which several types of activities including commercial, residential and services are within 610 m walking distance of a transit stop (Solecki & Oliveri, 2004;Tiwari et al, 2011;Uherek et al, 2010); and street width ratio (Benzerzour et al, 2011;Zhao et al, 2011). The second is traffic mobility (Cabanillas et al, 2013) comprising accessibility (La Greca et al, 2011); bicycle/pedestrian needs (Jabareen, 2012;Millard-Ball, 2012); and sidewalk coverage (Aydin & Çukur, 2012;Saizen et al, 2006;Salvati et al, 2012). In all cases the main proposal is to integrate mobility with rational land use.…”