Urban Infrastructure Development, Land-Related Policy and Socio-Economic Impacts in Emerging Economies

Dear Colleagues,

Recent decades have witnessed a time of dynamic socioeconomic changes to urban land, which deeply influence the living spaces around every urban inhabitant across the globe, especially in emerging economies. Recently, global urban development and land planning have been faced with unprecedented challenges, resulting in a downward trend of efficienturban land use, sharp fluctuation in urban economy, and an imbalance of urban socioeconomic development and environment sustainability. These issues all expose the vulnerability of urban civilization to a certain extent. As expected, rapid urbanization, infrastructure development, informationization and related land policies are viewed as the most critical characteristics and fundamental drivers of human civilization, habitat and the natural environment. Therefore, in order to adapt to this fast-changing developmental context, the relationship among urban infrastructure development, land-related policies and socio-economic impacts in emerging economies need to be further identified both theoretically and empirically, which is exceptionally important for the development of mining towns, resources-based cities, and other resource-dependent regions.

The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a communication platform for sharing insights into urban infrastructure development, land use, spatial allocation and related policy, formulated in the process of urban development and governance in emerging economies, so as to ensure the effectiveness of these existing efforts , achieve more efficient and practical solutions, and help explore potential sustainable development paths globally.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Relationship among urban infrastructure development, land-related policy and socio-economic impacts in emerging economies;
• Influence mechanism of environmental change, technological change, urban infrastructure development and land use on urban–rural migration in emerging economies;
• Coupling of industrial agglomeration, urban infrastructure development and urban land use in emerging economies;
• Relationship between real-estate related policy on urban infrastructure development and socioeconomic development in emerging economies;
• Assessment of socioeconomic, environment and health consequences of urban infrastructure development and land-related policy in emerging economies;
• Assessment of measures and policies for urban infrastructure development and urban sustainable development in emerging economies.

Dr. Bo Li
Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin
Guest Editors

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