Wachsende Stadtregionen befinden sich in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen hohen Boden- und Wohnungspreisen und nationalen Flächensparzielen. Die Mobilisierung von Bauland zur Schaffung von Wohnraum und die Reduzierung der Flächenneuinanspruchnahme stellen einen Zielkonflikt dar, der nur durch...

Amidst the catastrophe of COVID-19, segments of the population globally experienced changes in their perspectives on life and the desire to live a more fulfilling life. The study here examines this emergent trend with secondary data available as published survey reports and personal observations...

In recent times, there have been concerns about how hotels are negatively impacting on the environment both globally and locally. Hotels have been tasked to reduce such ecological footprints by managing the environment in cities. Responding to such concerns, this paper therefore presents an...

Land use regulations have been pursued by many governments around the world. When making land development policies for cities that feature high population density and limited land supply, one question looms large: where and how much to build across different localities of a city? To answer this...

In this study, we critically analyze the dynamic effect of low-carbon city policy (LCCP) on carbon lock-in for the Chinese cities. For this purpose, a balanced panel dataset of 283 Chinese prefectural cities between 2003 and 2017 and the difference in differences (DID) method are utilized....

Who will benefit and who will lose from a permanent increase in working from home (WFH)? This paper investigates the impact of WFH on cities of different sizes, highlights the dangers of too much WFH, and discusses aspects of the disagreement between workers and firms. Our results suggest that...

As the largest developing country, China has recognized the importance of low carbon city. So far, three batches of low-carbon pilot provinces and cities were presented by the Chinese government from 2010 to 2017. Therefore, the local governments in the pilot group should take effective measures...

This paper investigates the influence and mechanism of border effects within a city on the coordinated development of the regional economy by combining a quasi-natural experiment in China’s municipal districts border reorganization and satellite night-time light data. We find that border...

The growing importance of Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies (ISUDS) at the European level has given rise to different urban policy programs. For the period 2014-2020, the development of these strategies has become the standard tool for the implementation of the objectives...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether Korea's smart city promotion strategy is advancing towards a sustainable and smart direction at the global level with a case study of representative smart city R&D projects, called the National Strategic Smart City Program (NSSCP). The discussion...