Effectiveness of urban construction boundaries in Beijing.pdf

Han et al. / J Zhejiang Univ Sci A 2009 10(9):1285-1295 1285 Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A ISSN 1673-565X (Print); ISSN 1862-1775 (Online) /jzus; E-mail: jzus@ Effectiveness of urban construction boundaries * in Beijing: an assessment 1 †‡1,3 2 2 1 Hao-ying HAN , Shih-Kung LAI , An-rong DANG , Zong-bo TAN , Ci-fang WU 1 ( College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China) (2School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China) (3Department of Real Estate and Built Environment, National Taipei University, Taipei) †E-mail: lai@.tw Received May 28, 2009; Revision accepted July 10, 2009; Crosschecked July 3, 2009 Abstract: Based on the remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) analysis of the Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS) and thematic mapper (TM) satellite images of 1983, 1993, and 2005, the present research examined the effec- tiveness of the urban construction boundaries (UCBs) in containing urban growth within the 6th Ring Road of Beijing Munici- pality. Three indicators on boundary control were proposed, through which the effectiveness of boundary containment, land inventory sufficiency and illegal adjacent development to the UCBs were explored. The results suggested that, first, the UCBs were limited in effecti