Journal of Geographical Sciences ›› 2020, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 669-687.doi: 10.1007/s11442-020-1749-0
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SONG Xiaoqing1,2, WEN Mengmeng1, SHEN Yajing1, FENG Qi1, XIANG Jingwei3, ZHANG Weina2, ZHAO Guosong1, WU Zhifeng4
Received:
2019-11-14
Accepted:
2019-12-30
Online:
2020-04-25
Published:
2020-06-25
About author:
Song Xiaoqing (1984-), PhD and Associate Professor, specialized in human-environment transition, spatial planning, and multifunctional land management. E-mail: sonniasxq@163.com
Supported by:
SONG Xiaoqing, WEN Mengmeng, SHEN Yajing, FENG Qi, XIANG Jingwei, ZHANG Weina, ZHAO Guosong, WU Zhifeng. Urban vacant land in growing urbanization: An international review[J].Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(4): 669-687.
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Figure 1
Images of urban vacant land in the case study area in Guangzhou City, China, 2016 Note: The data were produced by the authors using a high-resolution remote sensing image, combining a street view and field survey (1. Wild grassland; 2. Abandoned building land; 3. Wild grass mixed with shrub and tree land; 4. Abandoned building mixed with bare land; 5. Bare land; 6. Abandoned building mixed with wild grassland)."
Table 1
Types of urban vacant land in the Guangzhou City case study, 2016"
Number of parcels | Area of UVL (ha) | Occurrence probability (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Share of the number of UVL parcels to that of land parcels | Share of the area of UVL to the total land area | |||
Wild grassland | 831 | 845.88 | 4.03 | 3.66 |
Wild grass mixed with shrub and tree land | 319 | 487.68 | 1.55 | 2.11 |
Bare land | 341 | 279.35 | 1.65 | 1.21 |
Abandoned building mixed with wild grassland | 207 | 201.06 | 1.00 | 0.87 |
Abandoned building mixed with bare land | 122 | 131.13 | 0.59 | 0.57 |
Abandoned building land | 12 | 10.93 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
Sum | 1832 | 1956.02 | 8.88 | 8.46 |
Table 2
Types of urban vacant land in New York City, 2016 (Parcel, ha, %)"
Number of UVL parcels | Area of UVL (ha) | Occurrence probability (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Share of the number of UVL parcels to that of land parcels | Share of the area of UVL to the total land area | |||
Private ownership | 21108 | 1724.90 | 2.46 | 2.94 |
City ownership | 4965 | 949.44 | 0.58 | 1.62 |
Public authority, state or federal ownership | 140 | 38.90 | 0.02 | 0.07 |
Mixed city and private ownership | 26 | 52.06 | 0.00 | 0.09 |
Other ownership which excludes land with the above ownerships | 915 | 212.76 | 0.11 | 0.36 |
Sum | 27154 | 2978.06 | 3.17 | 5.08 |
Figure 2
Comparison of the morphologies of urban vacant land in the case study area in Guangzhou and New York City, 2016 Note: The vacant land data pertaining to New York City were obtained from the NYC Department of City Planning (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/open-data.page); the vacant land data pertaining to Guangzhou City in southern China were produced by the authors using a high-resolution remote sensing image, combining a street view and field survey."
Table 3
Morphologic characteristics of urban vacant land parcels in New York City, 2016"
Districts | New York City | Manhattan | Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurrence probability | Share of the number of the vacant parcels to that of the whole city (%) | 3.17 | 2.72 | 4.48 | 2.45 | 2.53 | 5.65 |
Share of the area of the vacant parcels to that of the whole city (%) | 5.08 | 2.06 | 2.97 | 2.48 | 2.53 | 14.40 | |
Mean area of UVL (ha) | 0.11 | 0.075 | 0.060 | 0.048 | 0.073 | 0.247 | |
Average shape index value of UVL | 1.46 | 1.50 | 1.46 | 1.46 | 1.49 | 1.38 |
Table 4
Morphologic characteristics of urban vacant land parcels in the typical transect area of Guangzhou City, China, 2016"
District | Number of UVL parcels | Area of UVL (ha) | Mean area of UVL parcel (ha) | Occurrence probability (%) | Average shape index value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Share of the number of the vacant parcels to that of the whole city | Share of the area of the vacant parcels to that of the whole city | |||||
Transect 1 | 83 | 54.17 | 0.65 | 3.75 | 2.49 | 1.45 |
Transect 2 | 144 | 176.11 | 1.22 | 3.88 | 4.90 | 1.46 |
Transect 3 | 484 | 597.40 | 1.23 | 11.03 | 9.94 | 1.48 |
Transect 4 | 456 | 536.47 | 1.18 | 12.09 | 10.84 | 1.37 |
Transect 5 | 413 | 361.31 | 0.87 | 10.19 | 9.49 | 1.31 |
Transect 6 | 252 | 230.55 | 0.91 | 10.06 | 8.89 | 1.27 |
Total | 1832 | 1956.02 | 1.07 | 8.88 | 8.46 | 1.39 |
Figure 7
Distribution pattern of urban vacant land in Saskatoon, Canada, 2016 Note: “Density” denotes the density of urban vacant land parcel; “economic density” denotes the density of commercial and industrial businesses at the neighborhood level. Vacant land data and data of commercial and industrial businesses were taken from the Vacant Lot Inventory and the Annual Report of Businesses Information for the City of Saskatoon, which were released by the city hall (https://www.saskatoon.ca/)."
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