Regional differences in the character of urbanization in China are substantial. The promotion of what has been termed "new-type urbanization" cannot, as a result of these regional differences, be expected to follow a universal approach--rather, such a development must objectively adhere to locational and category-specific principles and adopt differentiated urbanization development models. Regi...

1. Peri-Urbanization 1.1. Drivers 1.2. Global Variants 1.3 What’s at Stake? 2. Peri-Urbanization in East Asia: Comparative Context 2.1. The Thai Model 2.2. The Philippine Model 3. Chinese Peri-Urbanization 3.1. Inter-Regional Variation 3.2. Dynamics of Chinese Peri-Urbanization 4. The Case of the Hangzhou–Ningbo Corridor 4.1. Key Characteristics 4.2. Emerging Outcomes 4.3. Peri-Urban Governance...

Urbanization and economic development are closely intertwined. While urbanization per se does not cause development, sustained economic development does not occur without urbanization. This paper starts with a “primer” on what we know about the conceptual and empirical links between development and urbanization. Empirical evidence is partly based on historical experience in developed countries ...

China's urbanization will influence the future world economic development. China's s urbanization rate is from 10.6% in1949 to 53.73% in 2013, and the research center of the experts predict that China's urbanization rate will reach 60% in 2020.The characteristic of China's urbanization is the coordinated development of four modernizations, which includes informatization, industrialization, urba...

In the context of Beijing’s accelerated economic growth, a high urbanization rate and associated urban problems pose challenges. We collected panel data for the period 2005–2014 to examine the relationship between Beijing’s urbanization efficiency and economic growth rate as well as its spatial patterns of dynamic and static urbanization efficiency. Specifically, we developed a comprehensive in...

Urbanization affects communities of herbivorous arthropods and provides opportunities for dramatic changes in their abundance and richness. Underlying these changes are creation of impervious surfaces; variation in the density, diversity, and complexity of vegetation; and maintenance practices including pulsed inputs of fertilizers, water, and pesticides. A rich body of knowledge provides theor...

Land use change is widely regarded as a key factor altering the structure and function of ecosystems. Urbanization particular driver influence in land expanding globally, especially developing countries like China. The InVEST model was employed this study to comprehensively assess temporal-spatial impacts urban changes (ULUC) on ecosystem services (ESs) clarify tradeoffs between urbanization pr...

Improving agricultural eco-efficiency (AEE) is a promising way to achieve the sustainability of development. Although AEE evaluation and driving forces were widely explored, few studies have systematically examined how urbanization, core force, affected AEE. To supplement existing literature, GB-US-SBM model was used assess in China during 2004–2020. Furtherly, it mediation effect investigate u...

China is in a decisive phase of building a moderately prosperous society, and the steady sequence of urbanization has great significance in promoting economic and social development. While in the process of urbanization, some problems are challenging the development quality of Chinese urbanization and the planning concepts of new urbanization, such as urban industrial pollution, agricultural hi...

Urbanization replaces the extant natural resource base (e.g., forests, wetlands) with an infrastructure that is capable of supporting humans. One ecological consequence of urbanization is higher concentrations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) in streams, lakes, and estuaries. When received in excess, N and P are considered pollutants. Continuing urbanization will change the relative distribu...