Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City

Nguyen, Thanh Bao; Samsura, D. Ary A.; Krabben, Erwin van der; Le, Anh-Duc

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2015.08.007

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“…This led to a transition from a centrally planned economy on a socialist model to a market-oriented economy on a liberal model. The shift saw a significant impact as a result of the emergence of liberal market mechanisms with the opening up to foreign direct investment (FDI) [23]. With the inception of Doi Moi, increasing international trade and a large FDI inflow was possible due to Vietnam's geographic advantages as an export platform to EU and USA markets, a stable economic and political environment, an abundance of well-educated young workers, richness of natural resources, a growing domestic market, and government commitment to economic reform [24].…”

Section: Economic Reforms In-migration and Housing Shortagesmentioning

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In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam

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Kwon

2017

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Since the initiation of Vietnam's Doi Moi policy in 1986, the rate of urbanization has rapidly increased with a great influx of immigrants from rural areas. With such migration becoming a large acceleration factor for urban growth, the shortage of housing has become a critical problem in the cities. The Vietnamese government encouraged self-built housing and public-private partnerships to produce different types of housing stock. There are few available academic studies about housing choice in Vietnam to help understand movement dynamics and to foster sustainable housing development. The purpose of this study is to analyze housing choice and moving determinants in Ho Chi Minh City, and thereby establish recommendations for sustainable housing development in Vietnam. For an empirical study, a citizen questionnaire survey was conducted in HCMC and an in-depth analysis was carried out. The results indicate that the row house type for single-family housing is strongly preferred, but a preference for apartments is also observed for future planning. The factors influencing housing choice and movement are family income, housing ownership, housing typology, and commuting environment. These phenomena suggest that the government should prudently consider affordable housing development in many districts. The results of this study will help to establish policies for sustainable housing development in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Section: Economic Reforms In-migration and Housing Shortagesmentioning

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In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam

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Kwon

2017

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“…Services in new neighborhoods are created with the objective of making as much profit as possible. It is also common that investors are not able to carry out the projects [13]. These result in the fact that neighborhood parks are often small, poorly equipped, of moderate quality, and sometimes poorly maintained.…”

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“…Furthermore, in HCMC, park provision and access have been changed rapidly and profoundly. Since its foundation 300 years ago, the City has evolved under many different political regimes and urban planning models [13]. Nowadays, the city, home to more than 8 million people, is characterized by a high population density (11,899 inhabitants/km 2 in urban areas) and rapid urbanization with the annual rate of urbanization and population growth of 3.8% and 4.1% [14].…”

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“…Moreover, with spatial segregation on the rise, wealthy neighborhoods are often well supplied in terms of quality services in contrast to disadvantaged neighborhoods [15,17], which further contributes to the divide between the rich and the poor in urban Vietnam [18][19][20]. Combined with the lack of financial resources to provide facilities and infrastructure [13], such transformations in the City may undermine the provision and access of urban public amenities such as parks.…”

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The Provision and Accessibility to Parks in Ho Chi Minh City: Disparities along the Urban Core—Periphery Axis

2019

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In Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC, Vietnam), there is now an urgent need for evaluating access to parks in an effort to ensure better planning within the context of rapid and increasingly privatized urbanization. In this article, we analyze the provision and accessibility to parks in HCMC. To achieve this, the information gathered was then integrated into the geographical information systems (GISs). Based on an Ascending Hierarchical Classification, we were able to identify five different types ranging in their intrinsic characteristics. The accessibility measurements calculated in the GISs show that communities are located an average of at least 879 meters away from parks, which is a relatively short distance. Children have a level of accessibility comparable to that of the overall population. Accessibility also seems to vary greatly throughout the City—populations residing in central districts (planned before 1996) enjoy better accessibility compared to those in peripheral neighborhoods (planned after 1996). Parks located in areas planned between 1996 and 2002 are the least accessible, followed by parks in areas planned after 2003. Our findings suggest possible approaches that could be used to help ensure the quality of parks and their spatial accessibility.

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“…Ho Chi Minh City, once known as Saigon, is located in the southern part of Vietnam and covers about 2094 km 2 . It is the financial capital and the prime economic hub of Vietnam with more than eight million inhabitants [38]. These six cities have all experienced rapid urbanization and population growth ( Figure 2), and showed significant importance in their countries in the past decades.…”

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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urban Land Use Change in Typical Cities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

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The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) has experienced rapid economic growth and urbanization. However, few studies have paid attention to urban land use dynamics, especially spatiotemporal patterns of urban expansion and land use change, in this region. This research aimed to conduct a comprehensive study of urban land use change in Xishuangbanna, Yangon, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, and Ho Chi Minh City, from 1990 to 2015. The analysis was based on land use maps derived from Landsat satellite products and employed urban expansion intensity, sector analysis, gradient-direction analysis, and landscape metrics. The results show Xishuangbanna, Yangon, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, and Ho Chi Minh City all experienced dramatic urban expansion and land use change since 1990, with urban expansion intensities of 15.01, 5.26, 9.15, 1.56, 11.88 and 11.91, respectively. The landscape metrics analysis indicated that urban areas were always aggregated and self-connected, while other land use types showed trends of disaggregation and fragmentation. In the process of urban expansion, paddy and natural land use types were commonly transformed to built up area. The results further reveal several common issues in urban land use, e.g. land fragmentation and loss of natural land use types. Finally, the discussion on the relationship between government policy and land use change for these cities shows land reform and attitude toward foreign direct investments played important roles in urban land use change in GMS.

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Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City

Cited by 39 publications

References 21 publications

In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam

In-Migration and Housing Choice in Ho Chi Minh City: Toward Sustainable Housing Development in Vietnam

The Provision and Accessibility to Parks in Ho Chi Minh City: Disparities along the Urban Core—Periphery Axis

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Urban Land Use Change in Typical Cities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

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