A gap-theoretical path model of residential satisfaction and intention to move house applied to renovated historical blocks in two Chinese cities

Wen, Jiang; Feng, Tao; Timmermans, Hjp Harry; Li, Heping

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2017.06.021

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“…HUQ can be found in several countries; they reflect the accomplishments of a civilisation over the centuries. [39] opined that these quarters are the gathering of historical or cultural buildings, which present features and style of a certain historical era. Many highlight efforts of indigenous cultures, some the effect imported or colonial activity.…”

Section: Residential Satisfaction In Huqmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Determinants of Residential Satisfaction in Historic Urban Quarters: Towards Sustainability of the Walled City Famagusta, North Cyprus

Davoodi

Dağlı

2019

Sustainability

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In recent times, despite the importance of historic urban quarters in the sustenance of ancient cultural heritage, planned modernization of urban areas usually neglects these culturally sensitive areas. Resulting in relocations and perceived dissatisfaction of its residents, this reported negligence is partly the result of a dearth of research exploring the multi-dimensional evaluation framework for assessing the long-term environmental, economic, social, and cultural aspects of residential satisfaction in historic urban quarters. Hence, the aspirations, needs, demands, and desires of the residents of historic urban quarters are not readily known to policy makers; neither is these needs, desires and expectations are well established in the residential satisfaction literature. The essence of residential satisfaction research is not merely to report the current living situation in a given residential environment, but also to pinpoint which facets the municipal governments must enhance to improve homeownership and rental rates, amongst others. Most of the studies on residential satisfaction merely focused on the social sustainability dimension, therefore, not acknowledging the salient roles, environmental, and economic concerns play in boosting the satisfaction levels of residents of historic urban quarters. Thus, this study aims to fill this gap between theory and application of the sustainability concept in addressing practical problems of relocations and perceived dissatisfaction amid residents of urban culturally sensitive areas. It fills this gap by assessing the perceptions of residents and non-residents on the importance of the determinants of residential satisfaction in a historic urban quarter. Regarding this, a comprehensive list of 32 potential sustainability performance factors (SPF) was determined through an extensive review of related literature, based on which a questionnaire administered to 245 households residing in the historic urban quarters of the Walled City, Famagusta, North Cyprus. Also, 167 households residing outside of the quarters, to assess their perception of the criticality of the identified factors, as well as examine the agreement levels in the opinions of the two participant groups. Using principal component analysis (PCA), the 32 different factors were narrowed down to eight. The study findings show that “Cost of housing” and “Suitable Management rules” are the most critical factors with relatively high overall scoring. Findings reveal that residents’ perceptions differ significantly based on participants’ ethnicity, while there is no significant difference based on the profile of residents/social class. This study argues that clearly understanding the criticality of the factors impacting satisfaction in housing and the residential environment is crucial for planning sustainable regeneration and revitalization programs in any HUQ. The findings of this study would be useful to housing policy decision-makers, urban planners, and municipalities to understand better the residents’ needs that could aid the sustenance of historic urban quarters. The authors suggest the adoption of the framework developed by this study as an analytical, research, and assessment tool in future housing satisfaction studies in different contexts.

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Section: Residential Satisfaction In Huqmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Determinants of Residential Satisfaction in Historic Urban Quarters: Towards Sustainability of the Walled City Famagusta, North Cyprus

Davoodi

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2019

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“…However, under the current HCR policy, residents receive monthly accommodation subsidies during the repairs. As a result, the HCR policy brings far less direct profit to residents than HD; the comparison between HCR and HD has a significant impact on residents' satisfaction [7,60]. Moreover, residents do not have enough understanding of HCR policy.…”

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“…These structures include some alleyways (hutong) in Beijing [4,5] and some lane houses (lilong) in Shanghai [1]. As cultural heritage, These buildings are considered to have high historical value [6][7][8]. More importantly, after long-term development, the residents in these old houses have formed a unique culture with prominent social value [9,10].…”

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The Transition from Housing Demolition to Conservation and Renovation in Shanghai: Challenges and Countermeasures

Shi

Min

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In the past few decades, a considerable number of old houses have been demolished in China’s urban redevelopment projects, which led to the disappearance of some historic buildings and the relocation of the original residents. Recently, the strategy of housing demolition (HD) in Chinese cities has been replaced by housing conservation and renovation (HCR). However, the transition from HD to HCR is not carried out well. This study aims to explore the key challenges in HCR practice by using a mixed method. Based on the field investigations in pilot projects and semistructured interviews, current HCR practices in Shanghai are summarized, and the four key challenges are identified as: (1) funding shortages; (2) an underdeveloped regulatory environment; (3) a psychological gap between the government and residents; and (4) a lack of stakeholders’ involvement. Targeted measures are proposed to mitigate the challenges. The findings and suggestions here could provide valuable references for the government when making decisions on sustainable housing conservation and renovation, and may promote urban renewal practices in China and other developing countries.

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“…Extant studies focused on the factors influencing different groups' and communities' relocation intentions. The determinants of these intentions to move include demographic characteristics and residential satisfaction [38]. Drawing on the survey data from three different types of residential neighborhoods in Guangzhou, China, He and Qi [5] found that relocation intentions vary in different residential neighborhoods; male respondents are more likely to have relocation intentions than women, and residents who have higher education tend to relocate.…”

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“…Yang et al [9] investigated the residential mobility intentions of urban residents in Zhongguancun, one of the typical areas in Beijing, and found that most of the residents who have intentions to move have weak community identities. Using data from the historical blocks in Chinese cities, Jiang et al [38] suggested that intentions to move are negatively affected by residential satisfaction and that older inhabitants have less intent to move than younger inhabitants in urban China.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Residential Mobility of Locals and Migrants in Northwest Urban China

Xiaoting

Lei

2019

Sustainability

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With the increase in urbanization, intraurban residential mobility, which underlies urban growth and spatial restructuring, is gradually becoming an integral part of migration in China. However, little is known about the differences in residential mobility between locals and migrants, especially in urban areas in Northwest China. In this study, we aimed to fill this void by investigating the residential mobility patterns among Urumqi’s locals and migrants based on data from a survey and face-to-face interviews that were conducted in 2018. The results first show that the migrants with low homeownership rates relocated more frequently, but had less intentions to move within Urumqi, compared with the locals. A larger proportion of migrants than locals was forced to migrate. Evidence also suggests that the migration directions of locals and migrants differ: both locals and migrants tended to relocate from the southern areas, like Tianshan and Saybark Districts, to northern areas, like Xinshi and Midong Districts, which show the northward migration process of the urban population center in Urumqi. In contrast to the locals, whose net migration direction was from marginal areas to the central area, the net migration direction of migrants was from the central area to the marginal areas, contributing to the formation of migrant communities in the suburbs and spatial segregation between locals and migrants. Lastly, the locals’ intentions to move were widely influenced by age, ethnic group, type of employment, family population, housing area, and residential satisfaction; the migrants’ mobility intentions were mainly influenced by housing type and residential satisfaction. To attract more migrants to the urban areas in Northwest China, a more relaxed migrants’ household registration policy should be implemented, and the inequalities of the social security system and housing system between migrants and locals should be reduced to bridge the gap between migrants and locals.

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A gap-theoretical path model of residential satisfaction and intention to move house applied to renovated historical blocks in two Chinese cities

Cited by 43 publications

References 52 publications

Exploring the Determinants of Residential Satisfaction in Historic Urban Quarters: Towards Sustainability of the Walled City Famagusta, North Cyprus

Exploring the Determinants of Residential Satisfaction in Historic Urban Quarters: Towards Sustainability of the Walled City Famagusta, North Cyprus

The Transition from Housing Demolition to Conservation and Renovation in Shanghai: Challenges and Countermeasures

Residential Mobility of Locals and Migrants in Northwest Urban China

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