Research on the Interrelationship Between Urbanisation and Sustainable Development
- 1 Lingnan University
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The issue of how to balance between development and sustainability in the process of urbanisation has been an important research theme. With the acceleration of global urbanisation, people are increasingly concerned about how to achieve a balance between economic development and environmental protection in the process of urbanisation. This research aims to explore in depth the interrelationship between urbanisation and sustainable development through the method of literature research, to explore the solutions to the social inequality problems of income disparity and educational inequality due to accelerated urbanisation, and to provide practical guidelines for sustainable urban development. The significance of this research is twofold. Firstly, it helps to deepen the understanding of the relationship between urbanisation and sustainable development. This paper explores the problems and challenges of urbanisation and proposes solutions accordingly. This will provide theoretical support and guidance for achieving sustainable urban development. Secondly, this research argues that the negative environmental impacts of rapid urbanisation can be effectively mitigated by adopting a range of measures. This may include improving urban planning and design, enhancing resource utilisation efficiency, and promoting green technologies and innovative financing. By researching these approaches, theoretical support for sustainable development can be provided to policymakers, urban planners and the community to help them make informed decisions and take effective action in the process of urbanisation.
Keywords
Urbanisation, Environmental Protection, Sustainability, Social Equity
[1]. Rees, W. E. (2003). Economic development and environmental protection: an ecological economics perspective. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 86, 29-45.
[2]. Elander, I. (2022). Urban Renewal, Governance and Sustainable Development: More of the Same or New Paths? Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 14(3), 1528-. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031528
[3]. Fei,W.J. (2011). Study on sustainable development in China's urbanisation process. Xian dai shang mao gong ye = Modern business trade industry, 23(1), 7–8. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1672-3198.2011.01.004
[4]. Chen, L., Msigwa, G., Yang, M., Osman, A. I., Fawzy, S., Rooney, D. W., & Yap, P.-S. (2022). Strategies to achieve a carbon neutral society: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 20(4), 2277–2310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-022-01435-8
[5]. Andersson, A. (2021). Corrigendum to “Is climate morality the answer? Preconditions affecting the motivation to decrease private car use” [Transp. Res. Part D Transp. Environ. 78 (2020) 102198]. Transportation Research. Part D, Transport and Environment, 94, 102819-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102819
[6]. United Nations..COP26: Living with the Earth, Helping the Earth.(2021) https://www.un.org/zh/climatechange/cop26
[7]. Liu, H., Ma, Y., Liu, Q., & Song, Y. (2020). Decision-Making of Green Space Utilization and Protection in Urban Fringe Based on Biodiversity Trade-Off. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 12(4), 1373-. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12041373
[8]. Hamerska, M., Ziółko, M., & Stawiarski, P. (2022). A Sustainable Transport System—The MMQUAL Model of Shared Micromobility Service Quality Assessment. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 14(7), 4168-. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074168
[9]. Di Maio, F., Rem, P. C., Baldé, K., & Polder, M. (2017). Measuring resource efficiency and circular economy: A market value approach. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 122, 163–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.02.009
[10]. Marotzke, J., Semmann, D., & Milinski, M. (2020). The economic interaction between climate change mitigation, climate migration and poverty. Nature Climate Change, 10(6), 518–525. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0783-3
[11]. Mehryar, S., Sasson, I., & Surminski, S. (2022). Supporting urban adaptation to climate change: What role can resilience measurement tools play? Urban Climate, 41, 101047-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.101047
[12]. Badach, J., & Dymnicka, M. (2017). Concept of “Good Urban Governance” and Its Application in Sustainable Urban Planning. IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering, 245(8), 82017-. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/245/8/082017
[13]. Heras‐Saizarbitoria, I., Urbieta, L., & Boiral, O. (2022). Organizations' engagement with sustainable development goals: From cherry‐picking to SDG‐washing?. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 29(2), 316-328.
[14]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30580-y
[15]. Aguilar, A. G., & Hernandez-Lozano, J. (2024). Mega-urbanization, territorial fragmentation and social inequality in the Global South: The case of Mexico city and its city-region. Applied Geography (Sevenoaks), 163, 103183-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103183
[16]. Wang, L., & Zhang, M. (2021). Exploring the impact of narrowing urban-rural income gap on carbon emission reduction and pollution control. PloS One, 16(11), e0259390-. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259390
Cite this article
Gao,X. (2024). Research on the Interrelationship Between Urbanisation and Sustainable Development. Communications in Humanities Research,44,198-205.
Data availability
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.
Disclaimer/Publisher's Note
The statements, opinions and data contained in all publications are solely those of the individual author(s) and contributor(s) and not of EWA Publishing and/or the editor(s). EWA Publishing and/or the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to people or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content.
About volume
Volume title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Art, Design and Social Sciences
© 2024 by the author(s). Licensee EWA Publishing, Oxford, UK. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Authors who
publish this series agree to the following terms:
1. Authors retain copyright and grant the series right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this
series.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the series's published
version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial
publication in this series.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and
during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See
Open access policy for details).