Delineation of the Development Boundary of the Central District of Zhengzhou, China

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper is well structured and it makes a contribution in the field of study because it proposes an urban development boundary as an effective means to guide urban development and restrain unplanned expansion of urban space.

Nevertheless, I would add more text in the introduction to streghten the theoretical framework. For instance, I recommend to

- end the phrase "and the link between urban bound-aries and land expansion began to be strengthened" with the citation (2019). Regenerating Bilbao: From ‘productive industries’ to ‘productive services’. Territorio, 89, 145-154. ISSN: 1825-8689. DOI: 10.3280/TR2019-089019

- reflect on urban sprawl. Take as reference the following references:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1831742

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09654313.2015.1080230?journalCode=ceps20

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0042098010391303

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275106000461

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026427510500003X

- reflect on the distortions provoked by capitalist urban regeneration processes by taking into references some international examples of the way urban renewal and regeneration have taken places, resulting in the increase of urban sprawl:

- 2020. Alpha City: How London Was Captured by the Super-Rich. London: Verso

- 2019. La herencia del urban renewal en los procesos actuales de regeneración urbana: el recorrido Renovación-Regeneración a debate. Ciudad y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 51(199), 5-26.

- 2019. Capital City. Gentrification and the real estate state. London-New York: Verso

- 2017. The icon project: architecture, cities and capitalist globalization. New York: Oxford University Press

The paper is too focused on th eChinese case, which is surely of interest for the journal, but it needs a more international perspective. This is why I am looking forward to take a look to a new version of the paper.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors

I reviewed the manuscript entitled “Delineation of the Development Boundary of the Central Dis[1]trict of Zhengzhou, China”. This study is of great and important topic. In my opinion, it is greatly fall within the scope of journal. It should also be mentioned that the manuscript has addressed an issue that is my favorite subject area. Reading and evaluating different parts of the paper shows that the authors have made a lot of effort to carry out this research endeavor. Their efforts have resulted in important and ground-breaking conclusions that can certainly be used by different end-users including policy-makers, urban people, decision-makers, development authorities, practitioners, urban planners, and so on. The authors have also used state of the art methodologies for analyzing their data. This makes their results and conclusions more reliable and rigorous. Therefore, I recommend this paper for publication. However, there are some points that should be addressed by the respected authors before consideration of the manuscript for publication in Land. My main comments are as follows:

1.       In the end of introduction, the main research questions (sub-objectives) should be mentioned.

2.       Please highlight the most important originalities of the research in the end introduction.

3.       This study has been done in China. However, I recommend the respected authors to highlight the global value of this research in the end of introduction section. Can the results of this study be applied to delineation of the Development Boundary in other urban areas?

4.       Results has been written and articulated very well. There is no need for further revisions.

5.       Results section has been written and articulated very well. There is no need for further revisions. The methods completely support the results.

6.       In discussion section please try to put your results in an international scope and then provide the readers with some useful global level recommendations. Also, in discussion section the respected authors should try compare their results with the results of other researchers in China and other parts of the world.

7.       In conclusion section, I recommend the respected authors to mention the main take-home message of the research in a short paragraph.

8.       Please highlight the main limitation of your study and try to draw some future pathways for the future researchers.

9.       In conclusion section try to highlight the main contribution of your paper to the theory and practice.

In general, I believe that this manuscript can be accepted for publication in Land after MINOR revisions.

Good luck

 

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The paper is ready for publication