Understanding residential mobility: Why the African context matters

Keunen, Els; Ley, Astrid

doi:10.1080/07352166.2022.2063134

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“…Intra-urban migration shapes not only the physical living environment but also the social environment (Keunen and Ley, 2023; Li and Dodson, 2023). While the impacts of intra-urban migration have been widely researched, very little of that research focus on features of intra-urban migration in a Chinese context.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, processes of intra-urban migration such as the motivations and spatial attributes of a recent move, such as the direction of the move and the distance, both long and short distances, and the history of residential trajectories shape how the social living environment develops (Keunen and Ley, 2023). First, there are many reasons as to why people move residences.…”

Section: Neighborhood Cohesion and Intra-urban Migrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been maintained that the processes of intra-urban migration play an important role in the socio-psychological outcome after residential relocation, including subjective feelings about and attitudes toward the new neighborhood (Bolan, 1997). Such subjective feelings and attitudes will directly influence their expectation of and investment in current residence, which are pivotal in building local bonds, a sense of belonging and trust in present neighborhoods (Keunen and Ley, 2023). Consequently, residents with different processes of intra-urban migration tend to exhibit varying levels of connectedness to the neighborhood.…”

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Intra-urban migration and perceptions of neighborhood cohesion in urban China: The case of Guangzhou

Mao,

Lu,

2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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Although the consequences of intra-urban migration have received wide attention, few studies have elucidated whether and how processes of intra-urban migration are associated with perceptions of neighborhood cohesion. This paper tries to extend the literature on neighborhood cohesion by explicitly incorporating the experience of past intra-urban residential moves into multilevel analysis based on a large-scale survey undertaken in Guangzhou. The results reveal that features of intra-urban migration (e.g., tenure shift, change in housing type and frequencies of intra-urban residential movement) have discernible effects on four different dimensions of neighborhood cohesion: Social solidarity, neighborly acquaintance, social trust and informal social control. The findings not only contribute to a more refined understanding of intra-urban migration influences, but also suggest considering a more exhaustive measure of residential history in future explanations of neighborhood cohesion.

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Intra-urban migration and perceptions of neighborhood cohesion in urban China: The case of Guangzhou

Mao,

Lu,

2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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“…Other Scholars have discussed the contribution of the shortage of affordable housing and income levels to residential mobility tendencies of the slum dwellers under the first and third trajectories of residential mobility (Keunen & Ley, 2022;Yemmafouo, Ngouanet, Keumo Songong, Djikeng Teufack, & Djuidje, 2017). However, the mentality of slum dwellers needs to be at the centre of the discussion.…”

Section: Choosing To Shift Vs Not To Shift From the Project Areamentioning

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The Actors' Symbiosis in the Recurrence of Slums after In-situ Housing Redevelopment Initiatives. Perspectives from Namuwongo Slum, Kampala City

Mubiru,

Nankya

2023

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This paper analyses the influence of various actors in the reoccurrence of slums in the city of Kampala, amidst the slum upgrading initiatives. This paper attributes such reoccurrence to the mismatch between the expectations of the actors involved in upgrading and the housing location mobility attributes of low-income households. This paper adopted a case study strategy, utilising a mixture of both qualitative and quantitative techniques. A total of 60 semi-structured questionnaires were issued to Namuwongo Slum Community, and only 52 were returned. Furthermore, 28 interviews were held. Six interviews targeted Local Council 1 chairpersons, 08 with officials from Slum Dwellers International (SDI), 04 with officials from the Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD), 03 with officials from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), 04 privately practising land economists, and 03 private physical planners. From the information gathered, the influence of slum upgrading actors in the low-income household mobility and reoccurrence of the Namuwongo slum was exhibited through four thematic areas. These included: tracking the residential mobility tendencies, fit-for-purposeness of the upgrading programs/initiatives, actor coordination and the mismatch in expectation and preferences between the program actors and the low-income households. This paper, therefore argues that, actor coordination and participatory involvement of low-income slum-dwelling households enables the adequate fit-for-purposeness of the in-situ upgrading initiatives. This could also go a long way in limiting slum reoccurrence as the key drivers of household mobility would be understood and well incorporated in the programs.

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