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New Technologies and Methods in Spatial Planning

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land – Observation and Monitoring".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (8 January 2024) | Viewed by 13920

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Prof. Dr. Zhigang Li

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School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Interests: neighborhoods; sociospatial transformation; spatial planning; urban China
Prof. Dr. Feng Zhen

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School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Interests: big data and urban space; smart cities; urban and regional planning
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Dr. Yang Xiao

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College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: built environment; spatial assessment; social health; community governance
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to bring together new technologies, approaches, and even paradigms of spatial planning in the context of the early 21st century. We invite studies using new data resources, computational tools such as AI, and various social/spatial sensors to serve the needs of new and rising spatial plans. We also invite studies on more inclusive, participatory, and bottom–up spatial planning paradigms across the different contexts of the Global North and the Global South. Through the efforts of this Special Issue, we hope to highlight the ongoing upgrades and changes in methods and technologies in spatial planning, towards different directions and with different effects or outcomes, so to help our readers obtain a deeper understand of the changing trends of contemporary spatial planning.

For this Special Issue, we invite papers related to, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • New data, technologies, and methods (ICTs, AI, IoT, UAV) for spatial planning;
  • New trends of spatial planning across various contexts;
  • Case studies of new spatial planning for various scales;
  • Governance of spatial planning;
  • Comparative studies of spatial planning across different countries;
  • The effects of various types of urban spatial planning.

Prof. Dr. Zhigang Li
Prof. Dr. Feng Zhen
Dr. Yang Xiao
Guest Editors

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Study on the Regeneration of City Centre Spatial Structure Pedestrianisation Based on Space Syntax: Case Study on 21 City Centres in the UK
by Tianyang Ge, Wenjun Hou and Yang Xiao
Land 2023, 12(6), 1183; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061183 - 04 Jun 2023
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Pedestrian priority is an important requirement for city centre regeneration. The quantitative analysis of the separation degree of pedestrians and vehicles is a key technique to measure the walkability of city centre regeneration. This paper proposes a method for measuring the walkability of [...] Read more.
Pedestrian priority is an important requirement for city centre regeneration. The quantitative analysis of the separation degree of pedestrians and vehicles is a key technique to measure the walkability of city centre regeneration. This paper proposes a method for measuring the walkability of the spatial structure in city centres, based on spatial topological relationships. Using space syntax as a platform, the walkability of the spatial structure of city centres is quantitatively analysed from the perspective of separation of pedestrians and vehicles, and the regeneration of pedestrianisation. Based on 21 cases of major city centres in the United Kingdom (UK), the trend of pedestrianisation regeneration from the early 20th century to the present is analysed. The analysis of the separation degree of pedestrians and vehicles and the analysis of regeneration models and the comparative analysis found that: (1) from the early 20th century to the present, the spatial structure of major city centres in the UK clearly trended toward pedestrianisation. (2) The regeneration process can be categorised into three models: the Gradual Growth Model, One Step Model and Long-Term Planning Model. (3) The three models contribute differently to the separation of pedestrians and vehicles in city centres, and their advantages and disadvantages differ. This study has implications for the theory and practice of pedestrianisation regeneration in city centres. Full article
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Characterizing Sprawl Development in Urban China: A Perspective from Urban Amenity
by Dinglin Zhang, Yangyi Wu and Meitong Liu
Land 2023, 12(6), 1180; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061180 - 02 Jun 2023
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Urban sprawl in China presents unique characteristics that differ from those commonly studied in Western contexts, an aspect not fully explored in previous studies. Therefore, taking Wuhan, Hubei as an example and integrating population data, remote sensing data, and POI data, this research [...] Read more.
Urban sprawl in China presents unique characteristics that differ from those commonly studied in Western contexts, an aspect not fully explored in previous studies. Therefore, taking Wuhan, Hubei as an example and integrating population data, remote sensing data, and POI data, this research offers a perspective on sprawl development in urban China. By incorporating population, urban land use, and urban amenities, this study measures their dynamics to classify urban spaces and employs spatial regression models to identify the characteristics of sprawl development with spatial effects controlled. It further applies geographically weighted regression to examine the underlying spatial heterogeneity. The findings indicate that population growth and urban land expansion do not align perfectly, and further exploration identifies the various trends of sprawl development in urban core and periphery areas. On the other hand, some suburban areas show compact development trends, but the growth of local amenities may be limited due to the historical sprawl development legacies. Regression results reveal specific characteristics of this sprawl development. Key findings include the following: (1) shaped by the triple process of sprawl development of urban renewal, suburbanization, and rural revitalization, Wuhan shows a significant core-periphery structure with the trend of polycentricity; (2) overcrowding in central urban districts is the primary driver of sprawl development; (3) most traditional suburbs in Wuhan have emerged as a consequence of rapid urbanization with a legacy of sprawl development; (4) spatial heterogeneity across urban spaces highlights the necessity for locally tailored approaches to regulating sprawl development. Full article
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A Generative Urban Space Design Method Based on Shape Grammar and Urban Induction Patterns
by Ling Yang, Jian Li, Hsiao-Tung Chang, Zhiqing Zhao, He Ma and Libin Zhou
Land 2023, 12(6), 1167; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061167 - 01 Jun 2023
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This paper focuses on how to solve the demand of how to quickly explore more urban space design and layout in terms of the conservation and reuse of historical blocks under computer-aided design technology. Referring to urban inductive patterns, the author establishes an [...] Read more.
This paper focuses on how to solve the demand of how to quickly explore more urban space design and layout in terms of the conservation and reuse of historical blocks under computer-aided design technology. Referring to urban inductive patterns, the author establishes an urban space design grammar of historical districts based on shape grammar and pattern language. It forms a complete generative urban space design method involving morphological analysis, rule-making, and scheme generation. Furthermore, taking the typical Russian-style historical block along the Chinese Eastern Railway—the historical district in front of Anda Station as an application example—this paper completed the generative urban space design process of block redevelopment and environmental reconstruction, which, using computer-aided technology, was under the premise of protecting the original historic block fabric. The final two group results of the experimental plot and the other plots of the historical district show that this method can quickly and accurately generate lots of urban space design schemes that meet the designers’ pre-thinking, and these schemes can be modified by real-time calculation and interactive operation. Full article
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Establishing a Reliable Assessment of the Green View Index Based on Image Classification Techniques, Estimation, and a Hypothesis Testing Route
by Yiming Liu, Xiangxiang Pan, Qing Liu and Guicai Li
Land 2023, 12(5), 1030; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051030 - 08 May 2023
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Sustainable development policies and spatial planning for maintaining greenery are crucial for all major cities in the world, and the measurement of green space indicators in planning practice needs to evolve in response to the demands of the times and technological drivers. This [...] Read more.
Sustainable development policies and spatial planning for maintaining greenery are crucial for all major cities in the world, and the measurement of green space indicators in planning practice needs to evolve in response to the demands of the times and technological drivers. This study explores an informal urban green space indicator, the green view index (GVI), which uses the visual perception of an observer to measure the quality of urban space by simulating the pedestrian perspective of the road in street-view image data and then calculating the proportion of vegetation in the road landscape. The GVI is different from macro indicators, such as public recreational green space, forest coverage, and green space rate, which are derived from planning data or remote sensing data in traditional urban planning; it starts from the bottom-up perception of individual residents and is more relevant to their subjective demands. At present, most international cities have made outstanding achievements in controlling public recreational green space, forest coverage, green space rates, and other macrolevel indicators of urban spatial quality; however, with the promotion of the concept of “human-oriented” urban planning, the potential restoration of urban spatial quality at the microlevel is gradually being recognized. To ensure the efficiency and reliability of this study, inspired by computer vision techniques and related GVI studies, a research method based on chromaticity was built to identify the proportions of green vegetation in street view images, and the credibility was improved by eliminating unreliable data. By using this method, we could evaluate a city at an overall scale instead of the previous block scale. The final research result showed that Shenzhen is friendly to human visual senses, and the GVI of the streets in developed areas is generally higher than that in developing areas. The geostatistical analysis of the green viewpoint data provides a more intuitive guide for researchers and planners, and it is believed to inform the planning and design of environmentally friendly, smart, and sustainable future cities. Full article
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Do the High-Tech Industrial Development Zones Foster Urban Innovation? A Case Study of China
by Qixuan Wang, Jie Ren, Simin Yan, Zhan Cao and Yao Cheng
Land 2023, 12(4), 830; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040830 - 05 Apr 2023
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China’s high-tech industrial development zones (HIDZs) is a key “place-based” policy targeting national innovation-driven development. Despite the extensive research on HIDZs, it remains unclear whether and to what extent the policy has fostered cities’ innovation output and quality. Basing our research on panel [...] Read more.
China’s high-tech industrial development zones (HIDZs) is a key “place-based” policy targeting national innovation-driven development. Despite the extensive research on HIDZs, it remains unclear whether and to what extent the policy has fostered cities’ innovation output and quality. Basing our research on panel data of Chinese cities from 2001 to 2019, we employed the PSM-DID model to examine the impact of HIDZs policy on their host cities’ innovation output and quality. The empirical results show that: (1) In general, the establishment of HIDZs has a more significant positive effect on fostering urban innovation output compared to its role in promoting urban innovation quality. However, (2) the effect on urban innovation output and quality varies across different cities. For cities with more advantageous locations and policies, HIDZ policy plays a more instrumental role in promoting the quality of urban innovation, while the establishment of HIDZs in other cities is more conducive to increasing the output of urban innovation. Ultimately, we argue that authorities must recognize the importance of integrated development of HIDZs and their host cities and incorporating HIDZs’ impact on the host cities into the HIDZ evaluation. It is necessary to understand that HIDZs have multiple development modes due to their specific local conditions. Hence, differentiated guidance must be carried out rather than directly replicating the experience from developed regions. Full article
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Urban Growth Simulation Based on a Multi-Dimension Classification of Growth Types: Implications for China’s Territory Spatial Planning
by Siyu Miao, Yang Xiao and Ling Tang
Land 2022, 11(12), 2210; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122210 - 05 Dec 2022
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One of the primary aims of China’s territory spatial planning is to control the urban sprawl of local municipals and prevent regional competition and the negative consequences on the environment—which emphasizes the top-down spatial regulation. Indeed, the traditional cellular automaton (CA) model still [...] Read more.
One of the primary aims of China’s territory spatial planning is to control the urban sprawl of local municipals and prevent regional competition and the negative consequences on the environment—which emphasizes the top-down spatial regulation. Indeed, the traditional cellular automaton (CA) model still has limitations when applied to the whole administration area since it may ignore the differences among cities and towns. Thus, this paper proposed a CM-CA (clustering, multi-level logit regression, integrated with cellular automaton) framework to simulate urban growth boundaries for cities and towns simultaneously. The significant novelty of this framework is to integrate several urban growth modes for all cities and towns. We applied our approach to the city of Xi’an, China, and the results showed satisfactory simulation accuracy of a CM-CA model for multiple cities and towns, and the clusters’ effects contributed 74% of the land change variance. Our study provides technical support for urban growth boundary delineation in China’s spatial planning. Full article
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Analyzing the Structure of Residence–Leisure Network in Shenyang City
by Liya Ma and Chunliang Xiu
Land 2022, 11(12), 2111; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122111 - 23 Nov 2022
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Leisure is an important part of the daily activities of urban residents. A relatively dense flow of people will be generated between residential areas and supermarkets, as well as between residential areas and highly popular park facilities. These flows of people can reflect [...] Read more.
Leisure is an important part of the daily activities of urban residents. A relatively dense flow of people will be generated between residential areas and supermarkets, as well as between residential areas and highly popular park facilities. These flows of people can reflect the characteristics of residents’ leisure activities and the spatial characteristics of urban residence–leisure functions, as opposed to static leisure facilities and places; it is a new perspective for the study of urban spatial structure. Network studies on the relationship between residential and leisure functions within cities are rarely seen. In this study, from the flow space perspective, based on the questionnaire data, points of interest data, and mobile phone signaling data, the actual leisure travel flows of residents with different travel purposes can be identified, including residence–shopping leisure flows and residence–park leisure flows, and the corresponding urban networks can be constructed from them. With the help of complex network analysis, this paper discusses different types of residence–leisure network structures and their influencing factors in terms of network characteristics, node strength, and QAP analysis. It deepens the understanding of the urban spatial structure and provides the theoretical basis and technical support for urban structure analysis, urban layout optimization, and urban planning and management. The results show that: ① Both residence–shopping leisure and residence–park leisure networks have the small-world characteristics and scale-free properties of complex networks. ② The characteristics of the nodes of the residence–leisure network for different leisure travel purposes indicate that residents go more to Taiyuan Street and the New North Station business circle for shopping activities, and the parks that attract residents to go out for walks are concentrated in the central part of the city. ③ Different types of network structures have a strong correlation with the number of residential functions and leisure facilities but have a weak correlation with the difference in the number of inhabitants and leisure travel distance. This study enriches the research cases of the urban residence–leisure network structure to a certain extent. Shenyang City has the same background of rapid expansion as other large cities in China, and this study has an important role in planning and inspiration for solving urban diseases and achieving the orderly and rational development of large cities. Full article
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