Simulation of Dynamic Urban Growth Boundary Combining Urban Vitality and Ecological Networks: A Case Study in Chengdu Metropolitan Area

Xia, Xiaojiang; Zhang, Yue; Shi, Xiaona; Chen, Jian; Rao, Tiechuan

doi:10.3390/land11101793

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Simulation of Dynamic Urban Growth Boundary Combining Urban Vitality and Ecological Networks: A Case Study in Chengdu Metropolitan Area

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Xiaojiang Xia

^1,2,

Yue Zhang

^1,2,*,

Xiaona Shi

¹,

Jian Chen

¹ and

Tiechuan Rao

¹

College of Tourism and Urban-Rural Planning, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

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Research Center for Human Geography of Tibetan Plateau and Its Eastern Slope, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

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Land 2022, 11(10), 1793; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101793

Submission received: 11 August 2022 / Revised: 30 September 2022 / Accepted: 3 October 2022 / Published: 14 October 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Territory Spatial Planning toward High-Quality Development in China)

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The Chengdu Metropolitan Area, located on the eastern edge of the world’s highest plateau, has experienced a period of integrating urban and rural area development for decades. With rapid urbanization and population growth, the vulnerability and security of the ecological environment have become critical aspects to consider in sustainability. Moreover, the presence of different levels of vitality in the study area has a crucial impact on land-use change. Hence, we propose a growth boundary study based on the theory of urban vitality and ecological networks. We focus on identifying the inefficient urban land and urban development potential land, explore their expansion probabilities to conduct spatial simulations for the next 15 years, and combine the ecological network to form a reasonable spatial pattern. Results showed that the proposed model could simulate the urban growth state more accurately within a certain space scale and integrate different limits and influences to simulate different growth strategies under multiple planning periods. Thus, the proposed model can be an effective decision support tool for the government.

Keywords: urban growth boundary; urban vitality; PLUS model; ecological network; inventory development

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Xia, X.; Zhang, Y.; Shi, X.; Chen, J.; Rao, T. Simulation of Dynamic Urban Growth Boundary Combining Urban Vitality and Ecological Networks: A Case Study in Chengdu Metropolitan Area. Land 2022, 11, 1793. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101793

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Xia X, Zhang Y, Shi X, Chen J, Rao T. Simulation of Dynamic Urban Growth Boundary Combining Urban Vitality and Ecological Networks: A Case Study in Chengdu Metropolitan Area. Land. 2022; 11(10):1793. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101793

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Xia, Xiaojiang, Yue Zhang, Xiaona Shi, Jian Chen, and Tiechuan Rao. 2022. "Simulation of Dynamic Urban Growth Boundary Combining Urban Vitality and Ecological Networks: A Case Study in Chengdu Metropolitan Area" Land 11, no. 10: 1793. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101793

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Xia, X., Zhang, Y., Shi, X., Chen, J., & Rao, T. (2022). Simulation of Dynamic Urban Growth Boundary Combining Urban Vitality and Ecological Networks: A Case Study in Chengdu Metropolitan Area. Land, 11(10), 1793. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11101793

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