The compactness of spatial structure in Chinese cities: measurement, clustering patterns and influencing factors

Rapid urbanization in China has led to an excessive urban expansion of built-up areas, which makes quantitative research on compact city important. We adopted density and the degree of mixed land use to measure the compactness of 160 Chinese cities. Spatial autocorrelation analysis was performed to...

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Main Authors: Fangqi Zhao, Lina Tang, Quanyi Qiu, Gang Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
Series:Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2020.1743763