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Exploring land policy tools and instruments for formalising informal settlements in Nigeria 探索使尼日利亚非正规住区正规化的土地政策工具和工具

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103605

Emmanuel Joseph Odoyi , Kirsikka Riekkinen

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“Without the school, the village has no soul”: Rethinking school and socio-cultural resilience in rural China “没有学校，村庄就没有灵魂”：重新思考中国农村的学校与社会文化弹性

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103610

Zhenjie Yuan , Yuting Wu , Xinhui Wu

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How does housing security affect the average consumption propensity? - Evidence from China 住房保障如何影响平均消费倾向？——来自中国的证据

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103607

Hao Xu, Zeyu Lin

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Spatial patterns and non-linear determinants of rural outmigration: Multi-source data insights from villages in Suide county, China 农村人口外迁的空间格局与非线性影响因素：来自绥德县农村的多源数据分析

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-10-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103602

Tianyang Zhang, Linna Li , Xibo Wang

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Does poverty alleviation through relocation increase relative deprivation? Evidence from Pingjiang county, China 通过搬迁来减轻贫困会增加相对贫困吗？证据来自中国平江县

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103606

Mingxuan Li , Yu Yan , Mengyao Wang , Jiacheng Shi , Kaiyuan Jiang

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The spatiotemporal distribution and influencing mechanism of China's hydraulic heritage sites 中国水利遗产地时空分布及其影响机制

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103604

Min Zhao , Qianwen Xu , Hongmei Lan , Jinhong Wan , Denielle M. Perry , Peng Li

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Computer vision framework for site-scale multidimensional vitality assessment: Lakeside waterfront spaces as a testing ground 场地尺度多维活力评估的计算机视觉框架：湖边滨水空间作为试验场

IF 7 1区经济学

Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103603

Shuai Liang , Mingyang Lu

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Unveiling local dynamics of Chinese cities: A multidimensional scale-adjusted analysis 揭示中国城市的局部动态：一个多维尺度调整分析

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103596

Zheyi Liu , Weitao Wang , Wei Lang , Chengjin Chu , Fangliang He , Quanhua Dong , Yu Liu

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How effective is poverty alleviation relocation in enhancing farmers’ livelihoods? Insights from a livelihood system perspective 扶贫搬迁对改善农民生计的效果如何？从生计系统角度的见解

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103592

Weijun Wang , Xueyan Zhao , Hua Li

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Spatial patterns and determinants of ethnic minority cultural integration in megacities: The case of Shanghai 大城市少数民族文化融合的空间格局及其影响因素——以上海为例

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103595

Mengya Li , Leying Yi , Na Ta , Shihong Weng , Xiangdong Gao

{"title":"Spatial patterns and determinants of ethnic minority cultural integration in megacities: The case of Shanghai","authors":"Mengya Li , Leying Yi , Na Ta , Shihong Weng , Xiangdong Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103595","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103595","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the spatial patterns and determinants of ethnic minority cultural integration in Shanghai using multi-source spatial data. Six cultural systems were identified based on ethnic composition, with cultural facility data extracted through text mining of multidimensional cultural lexicons. To quantify cultural spatial integration, five metrics (<em>Cultural Density</em>, <em>Typological Diversit</em>y, <em>Cultural Dominance</em>, <em>Proximity Mixture</em>, and <em>Cultural Coexistence</em>) were formulated at the subdistrict level. Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) clustering was then applied to these metrics to identify four patterns of spatial integration: <em>Deeply-Integrated</em>, <em>Single-Dominant</em>, <em>Scarce-Discrete</em>, and <em>Sparse-Mixed</em>. Modeling results of SAC reveal that cross-regional spatial association is the primary driver, showing significant positive spillover effects. Demographic factors (with <em>migrant proportion</em> showing inhibitory effect and <em>youth proportion</em> demonstrating promotional effect) and economic conditions (<em>commercial density</em> and <em>average housing price</em>) also contribute. MGWR reveals pronounced spatial heterogeneity and shows that <em>cultural infrastructure density</em> (non-significant in OLS) exerts significant local effects, while other public service resources remain largely non-significant. Findings suggest that cross-regional collaboration, rather than relying solely on local intervention, is essential for promoting ethnic minority cultural integration. This study contributes to theoretical insights into the differentiated nature of cultural integration and can inform cultural space governance in megacities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 103595"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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