Urban Growth and Sustainable Development in Shenzhen City 1980-2006

Urban Growth and Sustainable Development in Shenzhen City 1980-2006

This paper examines the rapid urban growth in the city of Shenzhen with particular focus on urban economic growth, population growth, agriculture and environmental changes. With the rapid expansion of population and the builtup area, there is increasing demand for the provision of urban infrastructure. The volume of environmental pollution is also increasing. The problems of environmental pollu...

Ecological city and urban sustainable development

Abstract: Sustainable development is a new concept of scientific development, sustainable development requires us to change not only the concept of economic development, but also requires us to change the concept of social development. Development of the city as a social development and economic development is an important embodiment of the process of sustainable development but also in pursuit...

Contemporery Urban Development and Sustainable Urban Form

Sustainable settlement is one of the key constituents of sustainable development, and sustainable urban development can be defined in this framework. Emergence of sustainable development as a commonly-used phrase has caused several controversies about urban forms. Today’s urban form is known as a source of environmental problems. Undoubtedly, this phrase has persuaded many of researchers to sea...

Industrial Growth and Sustainable Development in Iran

This study aims to measure how much the industrial sector suppresses the development process to be sustainable in Iran. We employ a quadratic-log form of regression model to test the Industrial Environmental Kuznets Hypothesis. In addition, we use a Vector Auto-Regressive model to estimate the nexus among the industrial growth, income inequality, environmental pollution, and energy consumption ...

How the City Grows: Urban Growth and Challenges to Sustainable Development in Doha, Qatar