Tracking the scaling of urban open spaces in China from 1990 to 2020
Abstract Urban open spaces (UOS) are crucial for urban life, offering benefits across individual and societal levels. However, the understanding of the systematic dynamic of UOS scaling with city size and its potential non-linear performance remains a limited clarity area. This study bridges this ga...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:45cc1334c1bc42fbb3aa5b9414470f22 2024-09-15T18:33:33+00:00 Tracking the scaling of urban open spaces in China from 1990 to 2020 Zhibang Xu Xiaoqi Duan Ting Lan Yashi Wu Cuiping Wang Yang Zhong Haowei Wang 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62880-9 https://doaj.org/article/45cc1334c1bc42fbb3aa5b9414470f22 EN eng Nature Portfolio https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62880-9 https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322 doi:10.1038/s41598-024-62880-9 2045-2322 https://doaj.org/article/45cc1334c1bc42fbb3aa5b9414470f22 Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024) Urban scaling laws Complex urban system Sustainable development Urban open space China Medicine R Science Q article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62880-9 2024-08-05T17:49:19Z Abstract Urban open spaces (UOS) are crucial for urban life, offering benefits across individual and societal levels. However, the understanding of the systematic dynamic of UOS scaling with city size and its potential non-linear performance remains a limited clarity area. This study bridges this gap by integrating urban scaling laws with remote sensing data from 1990 to 2020, creating a framework to analyze UOS trends in China. Our findings reveal that UOS growth is sub-linear scaling with city size, exhibiting economies of scale with scaling exponents between 0.55 and 0.65 and suggesting potential shortages. The distribution structure of UOS across cities is becoming increasingly balanced, as indicated by the rising Zipf’s slope from 0.66 to 0.88. Southeastern coastal cities outperform, highlighting spatial variations and path dependency in UOS development. Additionally, using metrics of Scale-adjusted metropolitan indicator (SAMI) and the ratio of open space consumption to population growth rates (OCRPGR), we observe a trend towards more coordinated development between UOS and population, with a declining proportion of uncoordinated cities. Our long-term, large sample coverage study of UOS in China may offer positive significance for urban ecological planning and management in similar rapidly urbanizing countries, contributing to critical insights for quantifying and monitoring urban sustainable development. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Scientific Reports 14 1 |
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Abstract Urban open spaces (UOS) are crucial for urban life, offering benefits across individual and societal levels. However, the understanding of the systematic dynamic of UOS scaling with city size and its potential non-linear performance remains a limited clarity area. This study bridges this gap by integrating urban scaling laws with remote sensing data from 1990 to 2020, creating a framework to analyze UOS trends in China. Our findings reveal that UOS growth is sub-linear scaling with city size, exhibiting economies of scale with scaling exponents between 0.55 and 0.65 and suggesting potential shortages. The distribution structure of UOS across cities is becoming increasingly balanced, as indicated by the rising Zipf’s slope from 0.66 to 0.88. Southeastern coastal cities outperform, highlighting spatial variations and path dependency in UOS development. Additionally, using metrics of Scale-adjusted metropolitan indicator (SAMI) and the ratio of open space consumption to population growth rates (OCRPGR), we observe a trend towards more coordinated development between UOS and population, with a declining proportion of uncoordinated cities. Our long-term, large sample coverage study of UOS in China may offer positive significance for urban ecological planning and management in similar rapidly urbanizing countries, contributing to critical insights for quantifying and monitoring urban sustainable development. |
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Tracking the scaling of urban open spaces in China from 1990 to 2020 |
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