Socioeconomic variations and disparity in space–time accessibility in suburban China: A case study of Guangzhou.

The concept of conventional place-based accessibility, despite being well researched, tends to ignore people's space–time constraints arising from mandatory activities (e.g. work and household duties), which confine people's potential movement and delimit the accessible opportunities. As people with...

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Publicado en:Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 750 - 769
Autores principales: Chen, Zifeng, Yeh, Anthony Gar-On
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications, Ltd. Mar2021
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          Chen, Zifeng
          Yeh, Anthony Gar-On
        affil: Department of Urban Planning and Design and Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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        Income inequality
        Suburbanization
        Urban planning
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        Socioeconomics
        Spacetime
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          Income inequality
          Suburbanization
          Urban planning
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          Socioeconomics
          Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development
          Land Subdivision
          Spacetime
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        不平等
        交通
        住房
        可及性
        时间地理
        街区
        accessibility
        housing
        inequality
        neighbourhood
        time geography
        transport
        不平等
        交通
        住房
        可及性
        时间地理
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        accessibility
        housing
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        time geography
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      ab: The concept of conventional place-based accessibility, despite being well researched, tends to ignore people's space–time constraints arising from mandatory activities (e.g. work and household duties), which confine people's potential movement and delimit the accessible opportunities. As people with different socioeconomic statuses may have different space–time constraints even while living in similar locations, using the place-based measures could lead to an underestimation of accessibility inequality. This study applies a space–time measure to unravel the disparities in service accessibility in suburban China. Since the late 1970s, suburbanisation in Chinese cities has fostered income inequality and has elevated other dimensions (e.g. institutional status and gender) of disparity within each income class. Within this context, we conduct a case study of suburban neighbourhoods in Guangzhou, based on the activity diary data derived from a home-based questionnaire survey. Findings indicate that the use of a space–time measure effectively captures the disparities in service accessibility among residents in suburban Guangzhou. On the basis of structural equation modelling, we further identify that certain socioeconomic groups (e.g. high-income residents, public sector workers, local hukou holders, male household heads and welfare housing residents) tend to experience fewer space–time constraints from rigid activities, such as work, commuting and household duties, and are thus more advantaged in accessing service facilities. These findings imply that urban planning should address the space–time perspective to promote equal service access for the highly heterogeneous social groups in suburban China and to incorporate time-sensitive policies (e.g. flexitime policies).
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