Evidence of the impacts of the national housing programme on the accessibility of the low‐income population in <scp>R</scp>io de <scp>J</scp>aneiro

Barandier, Jose Renato; Bodmer, Milena; Lentino, Izabella

doi:10.1111/1477-8947.12124

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“…Brazilian cities are no exception. Through a study in Rio de Janeiro, Barandier, Bodmer, and Lentino (2017) found that urban sprawl results in transport accessibility issues and concernedly high commute times, especially because of the country's significant disparity between the rich and the poor, allowing the wealthy to depend heavily on private automobiles, while the low-income population faces social exclusion and disadvantage. Haddad and Barufi (2017) present similar findings, showing that low-income residents in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region are more likely to rely on public transportation, facing longer commute times and lower job accessibility.…”

Section: Spatial Mismatch Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bringing the two together allows me to bridge part of Chetty et al (2014) approach to the Global South. Even though several quantitative studies have focused on commuting time in the context of Brazilian cities (Tigre, Sampaio, & Menezes, 2017;Miranda & Domingues, 2010;Silveira Neto, Duarte, & Páez, 2015;Motte, Aguilera, Bonin, & Nassi, 2016;Barandier et al, 2017;Haddad and Barufi, 2017), there is no study that directly addresses the connections between residential segregation and time spent commuting to work.…”

Section: Spatial Mismatch Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Residential income segregation and commuting in a Latin American city

Haddad

2020

Applied Geography

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This paper examines residential income segregation and individual commuting time to work in a sub-region of the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region (BHMR), in Brazil. The main goal of this case study is to test the spatial mismatch hypothesis, with specific attention drawn to change in commute duration from 2000 to 2010. The methodology includes spatial analysis, and seemingly unrelated regression models. Over time, the results suggest a 'trap' in which residents of low-income segregated areas experienced a high probability of having longer commute duration and of using public transportation, creating a mutually self-enforcing process. The spatial mismatch hypothesis is supported by the analysis, demonstrating that there is a need to promote shorter commuting time to work for the BHMR urban poor. Highlights:• The spatial mismatch hypothesis is supported in this case study located in the Global South. • A notable spatial pattern of residential segregation between low-income (periphery) and high-income (core) was observed • Commuters living in low-income segregated areas tended to experience shorter commuting time to work in 2000 than in 2010. • A mutually self-enforcing 'trap' for residents of low-income segregated areas with longer commuting was observed.a pressing challenge for cities around the world, urging policy makers to deliver alternative solutions about planning-related topics such as housing, and transportation.Research on residential segregation has often focused on large cities in the Global North (for Sweden, see Nielsen & Hennerdal, 2017) and, within that framework, Chetty, Hendren, Kline, and Saez (2014) have developed a very important study in the literature. Chetty et al. (2014)found that, in American cities, residents living in areas with less residential segregation, according to income level, experience higher economic upward mobility than those living in areas with more residential segregation. They also found that the higher the fraction of working individuals with short commuting times, the higher the chance for upward mobility in that area (Chetty et al., 2014(Chetty et al., , p. 1617. In other words, residents are more likely to improve their economic conditions when they live in areas with job options nearby. This latter finding is based on the spatial mismatch hypothesis, which was firstly posed by Kain (1968). He argued that in U.S. cities "racial segregation in the housing markets affects the distribution of [black] employment and reduces [black] job opportunities" (Kain, 1968, p. 176).This paper expands Chetty's et al. (2014) approach to the Global South context, and contributes to the empirical literature on segregation in Brazil, which "is still in its infancy" (Fernandes, 2017, p. 2). This study focuses on a sub-region of the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region (BHMR) as a case study to examine how residential income segregation functions in tandem with the time that individuals spend commuting to work, illustrating urban inequality in access to jobs in a Latin American city. The...

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Section: Spatial Mismatch Hypothesismentioning

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Section: Spatial Mismatch Hypothesismentioning

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Residential income segregation and commuting in a Latin American city

Haddad

2020

Applied Geography

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“…Under these conditions, the economic, social and territorial consequences have been subject to discussion within urban studies. While it has been acknowledged that market-driven schemes increased considerably the number of delivered housing units thus tackling successfully housing deficits, they have been criticised to exacerbate social segregation by displacing the poor to ever more peripheral locations (Barandier et al, 2017;Dohnke et al, 2015;Gaffney, 2010;Rolnik et al, 2015;Tapia, 2012). In the same way as during previous times of state-driven promotions, contemporary lowincome housing schemes fundamentally focus on standardised housing types that deny liveable urban habitat and fall short of considering individual circumstances of the .…”

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“…Interviews were recorded and transcribed. 2 For instance, the expansion of peripheral low-income housing has been similarly intensive in countries such as Chile and Brazil(Barandier et al, 2017;Imilan, 2016).…”

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Peripheral urbanisation in Mexico City. A comparative analysis of uneven social and material geographies in low-income housing estates

Janoschka

Arreortúa

2017

Habitat International

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Large-scale housing programmes targeting low-income households have dramatically transformed Latin American cities over the last quarter of a century, creating uneven social and material geographies of peripheral urbanisation. Having experienced the sprawl of 600,000 housing units since the turn of the century, the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City can be considered a striking example of the profound territorial restructuring that has been taking place in cities across the continent. By considering nuanced perspectives rooted in political economy to address the alteration of space and place, this article analyses the social and spatial dynamics in peripheral lowincome housing estates in Mexico City. It draws from empirical research in two municipalities that have the highest metropolitan concentration of newly built low-income housing estates. The comparative discussion of the results demonstrate that mutually entangled processes of abandonment and insurgent appropriation of peripheral urban habitat in two neighbourhoods may be considered as facets of a political process that has promoted the financialisation of housing and a class-related urban restructuring.

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“…Although a certain amount of the literature pertains to accessibility evaluation, most of these studies focus on a single type of facility, particularly the spatial accessibility of public transport [23,29], green spaces [30,31], educational services [32,33], and healthcare services [34,35]. Few empirical studies have evaluated the integrated spatial accessibility of multiple types of public facilities (except [24,27]).…”

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Spatial Accessibility of Multiple Facilities for Affordable Housing Neighborhoods in Harbin, China

Zhang

Huang

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The spatial mismatch between affordable housing neighborhoods and public services/facilities significantly reduces the well-being of low-income dwellers, which has risen to a typical issue of spatial injustice. Previous studies on accessibility evaluation most focus on a single type of service, lacking empirical studies exploring the integrated spatial accessibility of multiple services for low-income residents. Taking Harbin City in northeast China as an example, this study assessed the spatial accessibility of transit, education, healthcare, shopping, and recreation facilities for affordable housing neighborhoods, using the Gaussian-based 2SFCA method. The pattern of accessibility for each type of facility in Harbin showed obvious spatial differentiation between the urban core and the city periphery, for both affordable housing neighborhoods and other neighborhoods. The sample household survey indicated that low-income households who were generally characterized as elderly, less-educated, under-employed or unemployed had extremely restricted and passive residence choices. In comparison to non-low-income households, the spatial accessibility of higher-level facilities for low-income households was relatively poorer. Particularly, affordable housing neighborhoods had much lower accessibility of subway stations, though more than 97% of low-income respondents living in affordable housing neighborhoods chose to solve the daily trip demand by taking a bus or the subway. With respect to equity-oriented urban planning, more importance should be attached to the spatial accessibility of public services and facilities when planning affordable housing projects for low-income households.

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Evidence of the impacts of the national housing programme on the accessibility of the low‐income population in Rio de Janeiro

Cited by 4 publications

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Residential income segregation and commuting in a Latin American city

Residential income segregation and commuting in a Latin American city

Peripheral urbanisation in Mexico City. A comparative analysis of uneven social and material geographies in low-income housing estates

Spatial Accessibility of Multiple Facilities for Affordable Housing Neighborhoods in Harbin, China

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