Commodity Housing and the Socio-spatial Structure in Guangzhou

Flock, Ryanne; Breitung, Werner; Li, Lixun

doi:10.4000/chinaperspectives.6172

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“…Reviewing the housing policy in Guangzhou, we note that those who are living in private housing may not be middle-class participants. This is probably related to the housing reform in Guangzhou in 1990s in which former danwei houses (originally these were government property) had been privatized at net cost price and the government largely involved in the pricing so as to ensure private housing is affordable to the hukou holders (that is, citizens entitled for permanent residency in Guangzhou) [20]. As a result, individual property purchase is unusually high in Guangzhou [20].…”

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Dementia Literacy in Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-risk Population and the Preferred Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information

Leung¹,

Molassiotis²,

Zhang³

et al. 2019

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Background: This study aimed to assess the dementia literacy (DL) level of community-dwelling adults in the four cities (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Macau and Zhuhai) of the Greater Bay Area of China and to determine the preferred mass media for receiving dementia information. Methods: A multi-city cross-sectional study with 788 community-dwelling adults completed the survey. Dementia literacy was indirectly measured by two validated scales, 30-item Alzhiemer’s Disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS) and 20-item Dementia Attitudes Scale (DAS). When the ADKS total score was <15 and DAS total score was <70, it was considered as ‘inadequate dementia literacy’. Participants were also asked to indicate whether they would like to receive dementia information via digital media or traditional media. Chi-square tests and logistic regressions were undertaken. Results: About one-third of the participants had inadequate dementia literacy. Those with young age or secondary education preferred to get dementia information from social media. But people living in public housing would like to get information from government or hospital websites. Middle-aged participants inclined to learn dementia from television or radio. Conclusion: It is worthy to conduct territory-wide public education in dementia and develop strategies according to their preferences in the types of mass media.

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Dementia Literacy in Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-risk Population and the Preferred Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information

Leung¹,

Molassiotis²,

Zhang³

et al. 2019

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“…For instance, in Shanghai, the migrant population living outside the urban core increased along with industrial relocation from the core to the urban fringe during the late 1990s (W. Wu, 2008). In Beijing and Guangzhou, low-income people including rural migrants shifted from the core to the urban fringe during the 2000s (Fang et al, 2015;Flock et al, 2013).…”

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“…Residential segregation in China’s megacities is typically arranged concentrically: Most rural migrants sojourn outside the urban core where many local residents are affluent (Flock et al, 2013; Huang, 2005; Lin & Gaubatz, 2016; W. Wu, 2008).…”

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The Transformation of Residential Segregation in the Pearl River Delta, China: A Planning-Driven Form

Gong

Wei

2022

Sage Open

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Constrained by the hukou system and market mechanisms, Chinese rural migrants normally live in dormitories and urban villages (villages-in-the-city or chengzhongcun) quite distinct from the dwellings of more privileged social groups yet they are often located quite close together. This pattern may be described as a hukou-based yet market-driven form of residential segregation. This paper addresses an extreme level of segregation in China’s newest urban developments. By examining six key development zones in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), this paper argues that besides hukou and the market, urban planning contextualized in state-market engagement and socialist features is a crucial factor creating extreme residential segregation in these zones. This paper also argues that two planning instruments—large-scale land use zoning and the provision of public housing to migrants—play a significant role in creating segregation. The extreme segregation created by the state’s dominant planning practices in new urban developments demonstrates a transformation of China’s prevalent market-driven segregation.

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“…The structure of the housing system increasingly transformed from old traditional neighbourhoods to new commodity housing. Taking Guangzhou, one of the most populated metropolises in China as an example, when the danwei retrenched as a producer of housing, its share of built residential areas fell from 46.1% in 1998 to 12.1% in 2006 [68]. However, there are still many remaining danwei neighbourhoods.…”

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Meshing Sustainability with Satisfaction: An Investigation of Residents’ Perceptions in Three Different Neighbourhoods in Chengdu, China

Zhang

Yung

Chan

2021

Land

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Can sustainability and liveability be simultaneously pursued at the neighbourhood level? Adopting neighbourhood satisfaction as a proxy to indicate liveability at the neighbourhood scale, this paper investigated how the residential subjective perception of sustainability factors interacted with neighbourhood satisfaction in the context of three different neighbourhoods in Chengdu, China. This began with a comprehensive literature review to construct the neighbourhood sustainability framework. Then, a total of 510 cross-sectional questionnaire surveys was conducted in Chengdu. Logistic regression was employed to investigate significant associations. The findings revealed that the ‘sense and habit of energy saving’ is the only sustainability factor that is negatively associated with neighbourhood satisfaction in commodity-housing neighbourhood. Compared with intangible factors, tangible or physical sustainability factors are more likely to contribute to improving neighbourhood satisfaction and suppressing moving intention. The study also evidenced the contextual differences of significant associations among danwei, resettlement, and commodity-housing neighbourhoods coexisting in transitional China. This calls for adaptive and contextual rather than standardized, top-down strategies for developing sustainable neighbourhood planning to simultaneously promote sustainability and liveability in Chengdu, China. Finally, a specific contextual framework was provided as policy implications for developing local and adaptive solutions.

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Commodity Housing and the Socio-spatial Structure in Guangzhou

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Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Dementia Literacy in Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-risk Population and the Preferred Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information

Dementia Literacy in Greater Bay Area, China: Identifying the At-risk Population and the Preferred Mass Media for Receiving Dementia Information

The Transformation of Residential Segregation in the Pearl River Delta, China: A Planning-Driven Form

Meshing Sustainability with Satisfaction: An Investigation of Residents’ Perceptions in Three Different Neighbourhoods in Chengdu, China

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