TY - JOUR
T1 - Neighborhood type, gatedness, and residential experiences in Chinese cities
T2 - A study of guangzhou
AU - Li, Si Ming
AU - Zhu, Yushu
AU - Li, Limei
N1 - Funding Information:
1This research is supported by Hong Kong Research Grant Council (Grant Nos. HKBU 242907 and HKBU 243209). 2Correspondence concerning this article should be directed to Si-ming Li, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; telephone: (852)34117121; fax: (852) 34115128; email: [email protected]
PY - 2012/2/1
Y1 - 2012/2/1
N2 - The transition from a socialist centrally planned economy to a socialist market economy, together with a land tenure system reflecting an institutionalized urban-rural divide, has produced neighborhood and housing types characterized by distinct built-environment features and socio-occupational mixes. Using data from a household survey conducted in Guangzhou, this study analyzes the interrelationship between neighborly relations and community attachment on one hand, and neighborhood satisfaction on the other, and also examines how such relationships are conditioned by the built residential environment. The results show that local networks are generally weaker in commodity-housing enclaves. However, commodity-housing estates exhibit higher community attachment and neighborhood satisfaction, even though gating appears to have minimal effects on community attachment.
AB - The transition from a socialist centrally planned economy to a socialist market economy, together with a land tenure system reflecting an institutionalized urban-rural divide, has produced neighborhood and housing types characterized by distinct built-environment features and socio-occupational mixes. Using data from a household survey conducted in Guangzhou, this study analyzes the interrelationship between neighborly relations and community attachment on one hand, and neighborhood satisfaction on the other, and also examines how such relationships are conditioned by the built residential environment. The results show that local networks are generally weaker in commodity-housing enclaves. However, commodity-housing estates exhibit higher community attachment and neighborhood satisfaction, even though gating appears to have minimal effects on community attachment.
KW - gated communities
KW - Guangzhou
KW - neighborhood satisfaction
KW - neighborly relationship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859788646&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2747/0272-3638.33.2.237
DO - 10.2747/0272-3638.33.2.237
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84859788646
SN - 0272-3638
VL - 33
SP - 237
EP - 255
JO - Urban Geography
JF - Urban Geography
IS - 2
ER -
