International research progress and trend of urban sprawl since the 21st century——An analysis of knowledge mapping based on CiteSpace

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2020.04.2019316

Abstract

Abstract:

In order to deepen the understanding of the research progress of urban sprawl, this study analyzed international research progress and trends of urban sprawl since the 21^st century by using knowledge mapping, based on the "Web of Science" data and CiteSpace software. The results show that: (1) The number of published literatures on urban sprawl is generally on the rise, and the papers are mainly published in urban or geography journals. (2) There is a close cooperation among countries in the urban sprawl research, but the cooperation among institutions and the cooperation among authors are both insufficient. The most active country, institution and author engaged in urban sprawl research are the United States, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Salvati respectively. (3) Based on the high-frequency keywords such as city, growth, land use, urbanization, the United States, patter, China, impact, region, GIS, etc., three different research stages (initial exploration period, high-speed development period and continuous development period) have been formed. (4) In the early days, the related research mainly focused on the single field of urban sprawl. However, it has gradually turned to the interdisciplinary research which is combining urban sprawl with other fields recently, such as landscape ecology, human health, land finance, etc. Compared with the existing urban sprawl review, the innovation of this study is that we use a new method which combines quantitative analysis of knowledge mapping and qualitative analysis. In the future, the research trends of urban sprawl will be mainly reflected in the expansion of research fields and cooperation networks, innovations in research methods, and increased multi-scale research.

Key words: urban sprawl, mapping knowledge domains, cooperation network, co-occurrence network of key words, co-citation network

摘要：

基于Web of Science数据库和CiteSpace可视化软件，对21世纪以来城市蔓延国际研究进展与趋势进行知识图谱分析。结果显示：①城市蔓延研究发文量总体呈上升趋势，主要发表在城市类或地理类期刊上；②城市蔓延研究的国家合作较为密切，但机构和作者合作网络较为分散，最活跃的国家、机构和作者分别是美国、中国科学院和萨尔瓦蒂（Salvati）；③以城市、增长、土地利用、城市化、美国、格局、中国、影响、区域、GIS等高频关键词为主线，大致形成了三个不同的研究阶段；④早期研究主要聚焦于城市蔓延单个领域，近期则开始与其他领域（如景观生态、人类健康、土地财政等）相结合。未来研究趋势主要体现在研究领域和合作网络的拓展、研究方法的创新和多尺度研究的增多等方面。

关键词: 城市蔓延, 知识图谱, 合作网络, 关键词共现网络, 文献共被引网络

Yang YANG, Ying WANG, Chunyang HE, Qingxu HUANG. International research progress and trend of urban sprawl since the 21^st century——An analysis of knowledge mapping based on CiteSpace[J]. World Regional Studies, 2020, 29(4): 750-761.

杨洋, 王颖, 何春阳, 黄庆旭. 21世纪以来城市蔓延国际研究进展与趋势[J]. 世界地理研究, 2020, 29(4): 750-761.

Figures/Tables 9

Fig.1 Annual distribution of urban sprawl literature from 2000 to 2018

Fig.2 National cooperation network of urban sprawl research from 2000 to 2018

Fig.3 Institutional cooperation network for urban sprawl research from 2000 to 2018

Fig.4 Author cooperation network for urban sprawl research,2000-2018

Fig.5 Clustering perspective map of key words in urban sprawl research in international journals from 2000 to 2018

Fig.6 Time zone perspective map of key words in urban sprawl research from 2000 to 2018

Tab.1 Emergency key words of urban sprawl research from 2000 to 2018

关键词	突现度	开始年份	结束年份
城市蔓延（urban sprawl）	5.9761	2000	2006
类型/形态（form）	3.8293	2004	2008
地区（region）	3.2903	2007	2011
土地利用（land use）	3.0846	2009	2014
建设环境（built environment）	4.2774	2010	2013
活动量（physical activity）	3.5792	2013	2014
肥胖（obesity）	4.1810	2015	2018

Fig.7 Co-citation clustering map of urban sprawl research literature from 2000 to 2018

Fig.8 Cited timeline perspective map of urban sprawl research literature from 2000 to 2018

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