Metropolitan areas worldwide have grown rapidly and are usually surrounded by peri-urban
zones that are neither urban nor rural. Despite widespread use of the term 'peri-urban' …

Understanding stakeholders' differences in perceptions of ecosystem services (ES) is crucial
for guiding ecological conservation and planning. However, the variations of ES perception …

Peri-urban area around a city is a dynamic zone that undergoes considerable changes over
time in terms of its functional land use. Analogous to other Indian cities, these changes are …

Throughout the 20th century and in the first decades of the 21st century, the geospatial
dynamic exhibiting the highest rate of change globally corresponds to urban expansion …

Population growth, economic development, and rural–urban migration have contributed to
the rapid growth of peripheral areas in Indian cities. The immigration of population and …

Agglomeration economies are the external benefits earned from clustering of industries and
people in cities. The study assumes unbridled clustering of population in emerging urban …

Peri-urban agriculture plays a critical role in sustaining food security and livelihoods in
urban communities. In spite of the critical role it plays in food security, peri-urban agriculture …

Urban settlements in Poland have developed over time, leading to problems such as
overpopulation and spatial expansion, which threaten the environment and create spatial …

Peri-urbanisation is a dynamic phenomenon that is perpetually altering the territories of the
metropolises and land management regimes for peri-urban areas have left a void in …

L'urbanizzazione è il processo di crescita della popolazione nelle aree urbane. La crescita
urbana avviene nelle zone contigue alle città di fondazione o alle città di recente impianto …