Chinese migrants in Melbourne and their house choices

Levin, Iris

doi:10.1080/00049182.2012.706208

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“…This finding echoes others in Levin's (, p.313) research on Chinese migrants in Melbourne and their house choices: building or buying large homes provided the Chinese owner and family ‘with a set of new opportunities—stepping up the social ladder or accumulating monetary capital if the house was later sold’. In the current study, the migrants' choices suggest that detached housing, in the form of a large, visible possession, symbolises their financial achievements, attainment of, and alignment with, Australia's affluent lifestyle.…”

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Chinese migration, consumption, and housing in twenty‐first century Australia

Ting

Newton

Stone

2018

Geographical Research

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International migration has changed the demographics and dynamics of Australia's population since European settlement. It continues to be a principal driver in the growth of its cities, including a projected doubling of major city populations by mid‐century. The influence of migrants on metropolitan housing markets—and urban consumption more generally—has been significant, and the socio‐spatial influence of migration in Australia has been the focus of regular geographical research. Less researched is the impact that “importing” half of the nation's population growth each year has on consumption of urban resources and environmental impact, including via housing consumption practices. Evidence has also been lacking on changed consumption behaviours of migrants moving from developing to developed, high‐income societies—a barometer, perhaps, of a future trajectory of consumption within developing societies. The largest cohort of recent immigrants to Australian cities has been from China, and this trend can be expected to continue. This paper focuses on a comparison of urban consumption patterns (with particular focus on housing) among a group of 61 China‐born households prior to their migration to Melbourne post‐1995 and following their settlement in an established middle‐ring suburb of Melbourne (Box Hill). Using ecological footprint as the metric of consumption, results are striking. Not only do China‐born migrants “catch up” to Australian levels of urban consumption but they also surpass it in many cases. Findings are examined in relation to housing and urban context and a range of household sociocultural factors.

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Chinese migration, consumption, and housing in twenty‐first century Australia

Ting

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Stone

2018

Geographical Research

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“…Previous studies have shown that immigrants' choices of residential location are ‘based in part on how they prefer and expect to travel on a daily basis’ (Chatman and Klein, , 324). In Melbourne, Australia, Levin () found that Chinese immigrants intentionally chose to live in neighbourhoods with good access to public transport (alongside educational and shopping opportunities). While Australian cities are not highly segregated along ethnic lines, distinct ethnic residential geographies are apparent for some ethnic groups (Johnston et al ., ).…”

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Ethnically Diverse Transport Behaviours: An Australian Perspective

Klocker

Toole

Tindale

et al. 2015

Geographical Research

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Rates of car ownership in Australia are among the highest in the world. Private cars have shaped the urban form of Australian cities and the daily routines of their residents, making it possible to fulfil geographically stretched responsibilities for work, family, and social lives. But the dominance of the private car in Australian lives and landscapes should not be confused with universality. Aggregate, population-wide statistics of car ownership and use mask the fact that not all Australians are equally car dependent. In this paper, we report on the results of a household sustainability survey conducted in metropolitan Sydney and Wollongong. Overseasborn persons, migrants, and (some) ethnic minority groups were found to own fewer cars -and to use them less -than their Anglo-Australian and Australian-born counterparts. These differences were not attributable to socio-economic or demographic factors. Our findings, which point towards the existence of diverse cultures of transport within the Australian population, are significant for transport planning and policymaking. Given profound concerns about the environmental implications of car use, the environmentally (more) sustainable transport behaviours of ethnic minorities and migrants should be supported. A shift in research focus away from the most car-dependent groups in Australian society may also be more widely instructive. The transport practices, experiences, and strategies of those who own and drive cars at below-average rates may indeed contribute practical lessons to inform planning for more environmentally sustainable transport futures. Aggregate, population-wide statistics of car ownership and use mask the fact that not all Australians are equally car-dependent. In this paper, we report on the results of a household sustainability survey conducted in metropolitan Sydney and Wollongong. Overseas-born persons, migrants and (some) ethnic minority groups were found to own fewer cars -and to use them less -than their Anglo-Australian and Australian-born counterparts. These differences were not attributable to socio-economic or demographic factors. Our findings, which point towards the existence of diverse cultures of transport within the Australian population, are significant for transport planning and policymaking. Given profound concerns about the environmental implications of car use, the environmentally (more) sustainable transport behaviours of ethnic minorities and migrants should be supported. A shift in research focus away from the most car-dependent groups in Australian society may also be more widely instructive. The transport practices, experiences and strategies of those who own and drive cars at below-average rates may indeed contribute practical lessons to inform planning for more environmentally sustainable transport futures.

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“…Similarly, immigrants in Southern California designed their backyard gardens to create distinctive cultural spaces, while their front yard mostly mirrored typical Southern Californian garden landscapes (Mazumdar & Mazumdar 2012). However, Chinese migrants settling in Melbourne, Australia prefer to maintain the existing Australian garden as is to better fit in with societal preferences (Levin, 2012).…”

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The Socio-cultural and ecological perspectives on landscape and gardening in Urban Environment: A narrative review

Uwajeh

Ezennia

2018

JCUA

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This review offers a perspective on the role landscape and gardening play in urban settings from a socio-cultural, and ecological dimension. The practice of cultivating in gardens, parks and vacant lots, creates community spaces, and are increasingly becoming important to peoples' experience of social and cultural wellbeing. In recent times, this has become a major focus of research in ecology, agriculture, urban design, landscape architecture, human geography, and sociology. Community gardening is one of the avenues toward revitalizing urban environments, and it provides a way of addressing multi-faceted urban problems ranging from limited food access to safety and community cohesion. That being said, it is necessary to continually evaluate the roles which society, ecology, and culture play in cities and landscape planning due to the dynamic nature of culture. This article aims to bring to the fore, the various factors of landscape and gardening practices in cities and the dynamics of cultural and ecological effects they have in building communities, reclaiming communities or engendering a personal place to thrive. A narrative review of the literature on peer-reviewed articles within the scope of the study was adopted as the research method.

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Chinese migrants in Melbourne and their house choices

Cited by 18 publications

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Chinese migration, consumption, and housing in twenty‐first century Australia

Chinese migration, consumption, and housing in twenty‐first century Australia

Ethnically Diverse Transport Behaviours: An Australian Perspective

The Socio-cultural and ecological perspectives on landscape and gardening in Urban Environment: A narrative review

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