The rapid urbanization leads to the dynamic changes of the urban external landscape and
forms different urban growth patterns (UGP), which in turn affects the development level of …

The proliferation of case studies of shrinking cities in recent years has stimulated intense
debate on the impacts of urban shrinkage. However, assessing the impacts of urban …

Under the background of drastic global changes and the widespread urbanisation process,
the problems of urban-rural imbalance, food security and ecosystem degradation arising …

Explorations of urban shrinkage at regional scales have received much attention around the
world. The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB), one of the most influential inland river …

County-level cities, as small-scale urban units in China's urban system, have shrunk due to
uneven urban development in urbanizing China. This research constructed a framework for …

In the global trend of urban shrinkage, urban vitality, as one of the important representations
of high-quality urban development, has become a breakthrough. More and more scholars …

As the land use issue, caused by urban shrinkage in China, is becoming more and more
prominent, research on urban shrinkage and expansion has become particularly …

Urban shrinkage has led to urban decline and depopulation in Western countries. With the
development of urbanization in China, urban shrinkage also appeared in China and …

The understanding of the magnitude of urban shrinkage remains limited across many
regions and countries due to diverse and non-standardized definitions of 'the city.'This study …

The urban functional area is critical to an understanding of the complex urban system,
resource allocation, and management. However, due to urban surveys' focus on geographic …