Simulation of Urban Growth and Urban Living Environment with Release of the Green Belt

Abstract

Green belts in developing or developed countries have been released because city-center development has reached a saturation point, and the strict protections and restrictions within green belts has led to an increase in opposition from local residents and property owners. However, green belt release has led to urban growth within the associated regions and cities, resulting in an increase in the temperature and the accumulation of pollutants in the atmosphere. We intend to prove quantitatively the effect of the release of green belts at the local level based on the interactions among land cover, climate, and air quality and to provide information for policy decisions accordingly. Our simulation results show that the urban areas of Jeju and Chuncheon, in South Korea, where green belts have been completely released, will increase by up to 21.83% by 2025 and 123.93% by 2020, respectively, compared to areas that have retained green belts. The simulations also show that the surface temperature within the released region of Jeju and Chuncheon will increase by up to 0.83% by 2025 and 0.03% by 2020, respectively. The average atmospheric concentrations within the released region of Jeju and Chuncheon were modelled to increase by up to 256.93% by 2025 and 337.29% by 2020, respectively.

Investigative Spatial Distribution and Modelling of Existing and Future Urban Land Changes and Its Impact on Urbanization and Economy

“…2019, 11, x FOR PEER REVIEW 3 of 15 society, and environment. The results indicated a continuous increase in built-up area and surface temperature by 2025 [21]. In Lahore, rapid economic growth has led to urbanization, which changed the usage of existing land and it also built pressure on the available resources.…”

“…were topography, economy, society, and environment. The results indicated a continuous increase in built-up area and surface temperature by 2025 [21].…”

Beyond growth management: A review of the wider functions and effects of urban growth management policies

“…Multiple regulating functions relating to climate were identified in the US and Asia from UGMPs, showing their potential to contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation, including a reduction in urban heating in the US and Korea (S. Jeon, Hong, & Kang, 2018;Moffett et al, 2019;) and increased carbon sequestration through landscape protected (Cathcart, Kline, Delaney, & Tilton, 2007;S. Jeon, Hong, & Kang, 2018;McDonald-Buller, Webb, Kockelman, & Zhou, 2010;Moffett et al, 2019).…”

“…Jeon, Hong, & Kang, 2018;McDonald-Buller, Webb, Kockelman, & Zhou, 2010;Moffett et al, 2019). Additionally, UGMPs indirectly contributed to air pollution mitigation by reducing vehicle miles travelled and associated emissions (S. Jeon et al, 2018;McDonald-Buller, Webb, Kockelman, & Zhou, 2010). Two studies conversely framed the indirect regulating effects of UGBs in the context of environmental risk.…”

A Commentary on Sustainably Built Environments and Urban Growth Management

“…The issues about the sustainably built environment and urban growth management raise the common paradigm of the future urban development framework. For example, the urban green belt release has led to urban growth within the associated regions and cities, resulting in an increase in the temperature and the accumulation of pollutants in the atmosphere [13]. Also, the distortion and key factors for specific sites to assess urban sprawl and propose a preliminary course of action for peri-urban growth management is discussed [14].…”