To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth?—A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and Shanghai
In response to the call of the New Urban Agenda—Habitat III for a reinvigoration of long-term and integrated planning towards sustainable urban development, this paper presents an empirical comparative study of planning practices based on the “satellite city” and “new town” concepts in Tokyo and Sha...
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| description | In response to the call of the New Urban Agenda—Habitat III for a reinvigoration of long-term and integrated planning towards sustainable urban development, this paper presents an empirical comparative study of planning practices based on the “satellite city” and “new town” concepts in Tokyo and Shanghai to examine from a long-term perspective how well they have guided polycentric urban development at a time of massive population growth. We aim to deliver evidence-based contributions to boost the knowledge transfer between the Global North and the Global South. The paper adopts a multi-dimensional framework for the comparative analysis, including a review of long-term urban development policies and an inspection of the population distribution and extent of built-up areas using time-specific categorizations to map the spatiotemporal changes based on GHSL data. The comparative analysis shows that urban plans in Tokyo and Shanghai based on satellite cities and new towns as steering instruments for polycentric urban growth management have not lived up to the original aspirations. In fact, the intended steering of population distribution has essentially failed, despite the practical steps undertaken. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-43981d27c9e346bdada44cbabf47d5b82023-11-18T10:43:45ZengMDPI AGISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2220-99642023-06-0112623410.3390/ijgi12060234To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth?—A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and ShanghaiRunzhu Gu0Zhiqiu Xie1Chika Takatori2Hendrik Herold3Xiaoping Xie4Institute of Building Climatology, Faculty of Architecture, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, GermanySchool of Design, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 8158540, JapanSchool of Design, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 8158540, JapanLeibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, 01217 Dresden, GermanyInstitute of Building Climatology, Faculty of Architecture, TU Dresden, 01069 Dresden, GermanyIn response to the call of the New Urban Agenda—Habitat III for a reinvigoration of long-term and integrated planning towards sustainable urban development, this paper presents an empirical comparative study of planning practices based on the “satellite city” and “new town” concepts in Tokyo and Shanghai to examine from a long-term perspective how well they have guided polycentric urban development at a time of massive population growth. We aim to deliver evidence-based contributions to boost the knowledge transfer between the Global North and the Global South. The paper adopts a multi-dimensional framework for the comparative analysis, including a review of long-term urban development policies and an inspection of the population distribution and extent of built-up areas using time-specific categorizations to map the spatiotemporal changes based on GHSL data. The comparative analysis shows that urban plans in Tokyo and Shanghai based on satellite cities and new towns as steering instruments for polycentric urban growth management have not lived up to the original aspirations. In fact, the intended steering of population distribution has essentially failed, despite the practical steps undertaken.https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/12/6/234satellite city and new town conceptsmassive population growthpolycentric urban structurebuilt-up and population densityGHSLhigh urban concentrations |
| spellingShingle | Runzhu Gu Zhiqiu Xie Chika Takatori Hendrik Herold Xiaoping Xie To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth?—A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and Shanghai ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information satellite city and new town concepts massive population growth polycentric urban structure built-up and population density GHSL high urban concentrations |
| title | To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth?—A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and Shanghai |
| title_full | To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth?—A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and Shanghai |
| title_fullStr | To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth?—A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and Shanghai |
| title_full_unstemmed | To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth?—A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and Shanghai |
| title_short | To What Extent Can Satellite Cities and New Towns Serve as a Steering Instrument for Polycentric Urban Expansion during Massive Population Growth?—A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo and Shanghai |
| title_sort | to what extent can satellite cities and new towns serve as a steering instrument for polycentric urban expansion during massive population growth a comparative analysis of tokyo and shanghai |
| topic | satellite city and new town concepts massive population growth polycentric urban structure built-up and population density GHSL high urban concentrations |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/12/6/234 |
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