http://hdl.handle.net/11089/32174 2026-04-04T22:07:29Z 2026-04-04T22:07:29Z Karppi, Ilari Brouwer, Aleid E. Strubelt, Wendelin Hospers, Gert-Jan http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38514 2021-08-10T01:25:58Z 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z

Book Reviews Karppi, Ilari; Brouwer, Aleid E.; Strubelt, Wendelin; Hospers, Gert-Jan A Tale of More than Two Cities: Deconstructing Sustainable Urbanity: OECD, Rethinking Urban Sprawl: Moving towards Sustainable Cities, OECD Publishing, Paris 2018, 166 pages; Nico TILLIE, Synergetic Urban Landscape Planning in Rotterdam: Liveable Low-Carbon Cities, TU Delft, Delft 2018, 284 pages; Ashley DAWSON, Extreme cities: The peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change, Verso, New York 2019, 378 pages.Ari-Veikko ANTTIROIKO, Wellness City, Health and Well-Being in Urban Economic Development, Palgrave Pivot, Cham 2018, 159 pages.Alex JOHNSON, Book Towns. Forty-Five Paradises of the Printed Word, Frances Lincoln, an imprint of the Quarto Group, London 2018, 192 pages.Rachel DODDS, Richard W. BUTLER (eds.), Overtourism: Issues, Realities and Solutions, De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston, 2019, 288 pages.

2020-06-30T00:00:00Z Hasani, Mohammad Salmanmahiny, Abdolrassoul Tabrizi, Alireza Mikaeili http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38512 2021-08-10T01:26:05Z 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z

An Integrative Modelling Approach to Analyse Landscape Dynamics Through Intensity Analysis and Cellular Automata-Markov Chain Model Hasani, Mohammad; Salmanmahiny, Abdolrassoul; Tabrizi, Alireza Mikaeili The goal of this study is offer a deep understanding of the landscape dynamics in the Gorgan Township, the Golestan Province, Iran. Landsat satellite imagery of two different time thresholds, i.e. the years 1992 and 2011, was acquired from the US Geological Survey database and the changes were quantified for the Gorgan area covering a 19-year time span. Furthermore, an integrated Cellular Automata-Markov Chain (CA-MC) model was applied to predict future changes up to the year 2030. We used the intensity analysis method to compare the historical dynamics of different land categories at multiple levels. The results indicated that during the 19 years, the built-up and forest areas increased by 2.33% and 0.27%, respectively, while agriculture and remnant vegetation decreased by 2.43% and 0.24%, respectively. The CA-MC model illustrated that in the following 19 years, the built-up areas could increase by 2.45%. An intensity analysis revealed that forest gains and losses were dormant while remnant vegetation gains and losses were active. The built-up area’s gains and water bodies’ losses were active and stationary during both time intervals. The transitions from water bodies and remnant vegetation to agriculture were regularly targeting and stationary, while the transition from forest to agriculture was regularly avoiding and stationary. Our findings also indicated a heavy systematic transition from agriculture to built-up areas. Regarding the increasing population growth and urbanisation in the region, the outcomes of this study can help make informed decisions for the management and protection of natural resources in the study area.

2020-06-30T00:00:00Z Voloshenko, Ksenia Yu. Gumenyuk, Ivan S. Arne Roos, Nils Göran http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38513 2021-08-10T01:26:00Z 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z

Transit in Regional Economic Development: The Case of the Kaliningrad Exclave Voloshenko, Ksenia Yu.; Gumenyuk, Ivan S.; Arne Roos, Nils Göran The study analyses the role of the transit function in the development of a regional transport system drawing on the example of the Kaliningrad exclave region (Russia). The article studies the role and extent of the impact of changes in the volume and structure of transit operations on the value-added creation in the regional economy. The assessment of the transit function was conducted using analytical software for strategizing and situational forecasting of the socio-economic development of the Kaliningrad region, the analogue of which is the CGE-model. The article describes the results of the regional value-added modelling based on the integrated index of gross regional product (GRP) and the changing volume and structure of transit cargo. The article explores the transit specialisation options for the Kaliningrad region based on different scenarios of its social and economic development and the changes in external factors. The results can be applied to similar studies on assessing the transit potential of a particular territory and developing measures to support the transportation system development in other regions.

2020-06-30T00:00:00Z Bajmócy, Zoltán Gébert, Judit Málovics, György Berki, Boglárka Méreiné Juhász, Judit http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38511 2021-08-10T01:26:02Z 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z

Urban Strategic Planning from the Perspective of Well-Being: Evaluation of the Hungarian Practice Bajmócy, Zoltán; Gébert, Judit; Málovics, György; Berki, Boglárka Méreiné; Juhász, Judit The present paper evaluates Hungarian strategic urban planning from the perspective of well-being. It conceptualises well-being in line with Amartya Sen’s capability approach (CA). We argue that the CA provides a meaningful concept of common good or public interest for evaluation. The open-ended nature of CA allows one to embrace the complexity of strategic planning, but it is definite enough to provide a clear normative framework for evaluation. We base our conclusions on 49 interviews with various local actors in three second-tier cities. We conclude that the CA-based evaluation can supplement the dominantly used conformance or performance-based evaluation approaches. We also found that instead of depicting an unachievable ideal state, the CA is able to provide guidance for feasible steps to further well-being.

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