《Perceived social distance, socioeconomic status and adaptive residential mobility in urban China》

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作者
Qiong He;Willem Boterman;Sako Musterd;Ying Wang
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HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.120,P.102500
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英文
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Urban Geographies/Centre for Urban Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV, Amsterdam, Netherlands;Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom;The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, United Kingdom;Urban Geographies/Centre for Urban Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV, Amsterdam, Netherlands;Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom;The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, United Kingdom;School of Architecture and Design, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310023, China;School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China;School of Geography, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom;Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China;School of Geographical Sciences, The University of Nottingham Ningbo, Ningbo, 315100, China;School of Public Administration, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China;Department of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Nottingham Ningbo, Ningbo, 315100, China;School of Public Administration, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China;School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China;School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China;School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK;School of Public Administration, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China;Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China;School of Public Affairs, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China;School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China;Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Praha, Suchdol, 165 00, Czech Republic;Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, Landleven 1, 9747, AD, Groningen, the Netherlands;Department of Agricultural Land Surveying, Cadastre and Photogrammetry, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland
摘要
Social distance between individuals/households and their neighbourhood of residence has been garnering increasing attention in residential mobility research, as it shapes a series of phenomena including neighbourhood sorting, social mixing and segregation. Up-to-now the relations between ‘objective’ social distance and actual moves have dominated this field of study. This study argues that the perception of social distance and subsequent planning of residential moves add to the knowledge in this field. Using a survey in Nanjing, China, we conducted Logit Analysis to uncover how perceived social distance impacts plans to move and how socioeconomic status moderates such impact. By doing so, we also bring into dialogue quantitative residential mobility research focusing on how objective residential mismatch triggers residential mobility, and predominantly qualitative research focusing on subjectively perceived residential mismatches. It is found that people are significantly more likely to plan a move when they perceive a mismatch between their household income and that of the majority of the neighbourhood, compared to those perceiving a better match. When we dissect individuals/households who perceive a residential mismatch into a group which perceives a higher relative position compared to the neighbourhood majority and a group which perceives a lower relative position, we find that only those perceiving a higher relative position is more likely to plan a move. These findings also apply to those who have a higher socioeconomic status. In contrast, for the lower socioeconomic status group, a perceived mismatch, particularly a perceived lower relative position, is associated with a significantly lower probability to plan a move, compared to those who perceive a residential match position.