Expansion of Urban Space and Land Use Control in the Process of Urbanization： an Overview

• 作 者: Dai Junliang Gao Xiaolu Du Sho
• 机 构: BureauofAdministrativeAreasandGeographicalNames,InstituteofGeographicalSciencesandNaturalResourcesRe
• 出 处: 中国人口．资源与环境：英文版
• 发表日期: 2010年3期
• 关键词: 城市化过程 土地用途 城市空间 城市扩张 管制 中国城市 城市密度 国际经验 urban expansion urban sprawl smart growth
• 基金项目: Acknowledgement： This study was supported by Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant no. 40671063）. We would like to thank three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.

Urban expansion brought by the rapid progress of urbanization has caused many problems in China. It is a significant issue to evaluate the extent of urban expansion and to make appropriate controls over the sprawl of urban areas. With a comparative study