Study on the Urban Fringe Based on the Expansion–Shrinking Dynamic Pattern

Changqing Sui and Wei Lu
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Changqing Sui: School of Architecture and Art, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Wei Lu: School of Architecture and Art, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-16

Abstract: The urban fringe, as a part of an urban spatial form, plays a considerably major role in urban expansion and shrinking. After decades of rapid development, Chinese cities have advanced from a simple expansion stage to an expansion–shrinking-coexistence stage. In urban shrinking and expansion, the urban fringe shows different characteristics and requirements for specific aspects such as urban planning, land use, urban landscape, ecological protection, and architectural form, thereby forming expanding and shrinking urban fringes. A comprehensive study of expanding and shrinking urban fringes and their patterns is theoretically significant for urban planning, land use, planning management, and ecological civilisation construction.

Keywords: urban fringe; urban growth; urban shrinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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