Urban transformation of a metropolis and its environmental impacts: A case study in Shanghai

Tian, Z., Cao, G.-Y., Shi, J., McCallum, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-9988, Cui, L., Fan, D., & Li, X. (2012). Urban transformation of a metropolis and its environmental impacts: A case study in Shanghai. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 19 (5) 1364-1374. 10.1007/s11356-011-0641-y.

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Abstract

PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to understand the sustainability of urban spatial transformation in the process of rapid urbanization, and calls for future research on the demographic and economic dimensions of climate change. Shanghai towards its transformation to a metropolis has experienced vast socioeconomic and ecological change and calls for future research on the impacts of demographic and economic dimensions on climate change. We look at the major questions (1) to explore economic and demographic growth, land use and land-cover changes in th context of rapid economic and city growth, and (2) to analyze how the demography and economic growth have been associated with the local air temperature and vegetation.

METHOD: We examine urban growth, land use and land-cover changes in the context of rapid economic development and urbanization. We assess the impact of urban expansion on local air temperature and vegetation. The analysis is based on time series data of land use, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), ad meteorological, demographic and economic data.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results indicate that urban growth has been driven by mass immigration; as a consequence of economic growth and urban expansion, a large amount of farmland has been converted to paved road and residential buildings. Furthermore, the difference between air temperature in urban and exurban areas has increased rapidly. The decrease of high mean annual NDVI has mainly occurred around the dense urban areas.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Urbanization; Rural to urban migration; Vegetation index (NDVI); Shanghai
Research Programs:	Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) Council and External Relations (CER)
Bibliographic Reference:	Earth and Environmental Science; 19(5):1364-1374 (June 2012)
Depositing User:	IIASA Import
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2016 08:46
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 17:22
URI:	https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/9931

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