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The role of audio-visual elements in Residential Location Choice 视听元素在住宅区位选择中的作用

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103516

Luis Garzón , Julián Arellana , Luis Bravo-Moncayo , Juan de Dios Ortúzar , Jairo Ortega

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What drives evolved commercialization and transformation of residential into mixed-use neighbourhoods? 是什么推动了住宅向混合用途社区的商业化和转型？

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103531

Puneet Mishra, Uttam Kumar Roy

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How does the mixed-functional land use pattern suppress the cooling capacity of urban green spaces? Evidence from China 多功能土地利用模式如何抑制城市绿地的降温能力？来自中国的证据

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103522

Yujie Ren , Xinyue Wang , Tianhui Fan

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Rethinking the development of “left-behind” places through regional cooperation: A spatiotemporal analysis of counties in Zhejiang, China 基于区域合作的“留守”地发展再思考——基于浙江省县域的时空分析

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103526

Yuanshuo Xu , Jingyuan Li , Yan Wu , Weiwen Zhang

{"title":"Rethinking the development of “left-behind” places through regional cooperation: A spatiotemporal analysis of counties in Zhejiang, China","authors":"Yuanshuo Xu , Jingyuan Li , Yan Wu , Weiwen Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103526","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103526","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Regional cooperation is a critical governing strategy to reduce spatial disparities. As the manifestation of evolving state spatiality at the city-regional scale, China's approach is characterized by a strong role of the state in orchestrating regional cooperation. However, few quantitative studies examine whether state-led regional cooperation effectively promotes development in the left-behind areas. This study analyzes 34,162 cooperation-related news articles in Zhejiang, China, using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic model to categorize cooperation into various forms and fields. The results show the expansion of the regional cooperation network and its alignment with state policy agendas. Both fixed-effects regression and Geographical and Temporal Weighted Regression (GTWR) were applied to reveal the spatiotemporal patterns of regional cooperation on county development. Administrative cooperation boosts growth in less-developed counties by improving local governance capacities, while exchanges among officials show limited economic impact. Integrated planning partnerships may worsen regional inequalities due to the asymmetric politico-economic status of localities. Although industrial development collaborations are slow to yield returns, they can drive long-term growth. The success of cooperation in ecological economies depends on national policy support. Cooperation in public services and transportation fosters county development but may also exacerbate inequalities by facilitating resource outflows. Our findings provide insights for policymakers, emphasizing the need for context-specific strategies that ensure equitable benefits without worsening disparities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103526"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144703283","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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Identifying the daily activity-travel patterns of rural residents: A case study of Guiyang, China 农村居民日常活动-出行模式识别——以贵阳市为例

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103529

Yueren He, Mingwei He, Yang Liu, Qian Qian

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Trust and land Lease: The role of informal institutions in land market in rural China 信托与土地租赁：非正式制度在中国农村土地市场中的作用

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103521

Mingzhe Wang , Houqi Shen , Zinan Xin , Yinghao Pan

{"title":"Trust and land Lease: The role of informal institutions in land market in rural China","authors":"Mingzhe Wang , Houqi Shen , Zinan Xin , Yinghao Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103521","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103521","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While formal institutions have been extensively studied in land markets, the role of informal institutions, particularly interpersonal trust, remains underexplored. This study examines the impact of trust on land lease behavior, using large-scale survey data from 2012 to 2022. The findings indicate that farmers with greater trust in strangers are more likely to lease land, with this effect being particularly pronounced among men, less-educated individuals, and low-income households. Additionally, higher trust in strangers increases the likelihood of leasing land to non-acquaintances rather than to acquaintances or relatives, promoting broader market participation. However, market factors and clan networks can substitute for trust, leading to similar leasing patterns. These substitution effects exhibit variability by region, with southern and northern China demonstrating markedly divergent effects. These findings highlight the importance of trust in shaping smallholder land use and the complex interplay between formal and informal institutions, offering insights for land policy design and rural development strategies in emerging economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103521"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144703284","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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Exploring China's venture capital investment dynamics and influencing factors: a perspective of intercity flow 中国风险投资动态及其影响因素研究——基于城际流动的视角

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103528

Delin Du , Jiaoe Wang , Jianjun Li

{"title":"Exploring China's venture capital investment dynamics and influencing factors: a perspective of intercity flow","authors":"Delin Du , Jiaoe Wang , Jianjun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103528","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103528","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Venture capital (VC) investment process involves the movement of capital, information, and knowledge, influencing the city network. China's intercity VC investments have progressively expanded, giving rise to a large and complex network. The Yangtze River Delta (YRD), Pearl River Delta (PRD), and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) regions have emerged as the core regions of the network. Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou hold significant positions as VC centers in the country. As western cities like Chengdu have gained prominence, the network has gradually evolved into a diamond structure. Based on the XGBoost and SHAP algorithms, this study explored the importance of socioeconomic factors, geographical location and transportation, and administrative factors in the network evolution. Local financial markets and innovation potential, particularly the number of local VC firms, are pivotal in shaping the network evolution of intercity VC investments. The impact of transportation exhibits an initial increase, followed by a decline. In comparison to socioeconomic factors, geographical location and transportation as well as urban administrative governance, appear to have relatively limited influence. The findings contribute to a more profound understanding of the dynamics behind the evolution of financial capital flows among cities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103528"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144696399","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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Unraveling drivers of land use efficiency in rapidly urbanizing areas: A hybrid SBM-DDF and explainable machine learning framework 快速城市化地区土地利用效率的驱动因素：一个混合SBM-DDF和可解释的机器学习框架

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103518

Jialv Zhu , Wenxin Liu , Shixin Zheng , Yingyue Sun

{"title":"Unraveling drivers of land use efficiency in rapidly urbanizing areas: A hybrid SBM-DDF and explainable machine learning framework","authors":"Jialv Zhu , Wenxin Liu , Shixin Zheng , Yingyue Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103518","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103518","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With the acceleration of urbanization in China, improving land use efficiency has become a key priority for sustainable development. This study, based on a multi-source panel dataset covering 35 representative rapidly expanding cities from 2007 to 2022, proposes a hybrid analytical framework that integrates a Slack-Based Measure Directional Distance Function (SBM-DDF) model for measuring urban land use efficiency (ULUE) with an explainable machine learning pipeline combining CatBoost, SHAP, and Generalized Additive Models (GAM) to identify and interpret its key drivers. The results show that ULUE has generally increased over time, with more rapid improvements observed after 2015, particularly in eastern cities. Nevertheless, significant regional disparities persist: the eastern region has the highest average efficiency (0.749), followed by the central (0.737), western (0.727), and northeastern regions (0.691). Some developed cities have seen declines in efficiency, while several less-developed ones are approaching the efficiency frontier. Based on the average SHAP contributions, economic level (38 %), social development (23 %), and environmental conditions (18 %) emerge as the dominant drivers, all exhibiting strong threshold effects. ULUE in eastern cities is mainly driven by economic and industrial growth, while other regions rely more on improved public services and environmental management. Land policies and market openness show a negative impact overall. These findings underscore the need to incorporate non-linear thresholds into policy design, promote regionally differentiated land use strategies, and align spatial planning with both economic development and environmental sustainability goals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103518"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144696398","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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The innovation effects of local talent competition: The case of China's municipal “Vying for Talent” policies 地方人才竞争的创新效应：以中国市级“抢人才”政策为例

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103523

Qingfeng Cai , Hao Liu , Yinghao Pan , Jingxian Zou

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Unifying static and dynamic perspectives to assess spatial mismatch in polycentricity: Evidence from Beijing, China 统一静态和动态视角评估多中心空间失配：来自中国北京的证据

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Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103520

Feilong Yang , Hongyang Chen , Li Chen , Wenzhong Zhang

{"title":"Unifying static and dynamic perspectives to assess spatial mismatch in polycentricity: Evidence from Beijing, China","authors":"Feilong Yang , Hongyang Chen , Li Chen , Wenzhong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103520","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103520","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Polycentric development is widely recognized as an ideal spatial model for megacities, yet its implementation often falls short in the contexts of rapid expansion and suburbanization. Addressing this discrepancy demands a critical examination of urban form and inter-centre relationships. By leveraging large-scale mobile phone data, this study integrates static density distributions with dynamic mobility patterns to establish a conceptual framework for examining the internal structure and functional interdependencies within both cores and peripheries. We propose a novel methodology that combines spatial autocorrelation and the Leiden algorithm to identify Urban Employment Centres (UECs) across weekdays and weekends. The findings reveal a dual reconfiguration of the urban system: (1) the fragmentation of a historically contiguous core into large, distinct UECs, and (2) the integration of dispersed suburban settlements into small, individual UECs. While rank-size distributions indicate balanced employment and flow densities, network analysis reveals a pronounced capability hierarchy: a minority of UECs control resource agglomeration and diffusion, confining others to peripheral roles. This indicates that the nominal polycentric strategy has not developed as anticipated, but instead perpetuates monocentric path dependence. Moreover, geographical constraints and core-city dominance continue to impede cooperative networks between centres, thereby exacerbating core-periphery disparities in evolving megacities. This study advances a scalable diagnostic framework, enabling consistent assessment of polycentricity across institutional, cultural, and developmental contexts. Its findings provide policymakers with actionable strategies to reconcile polycentric goals with compact development, fostering equitable and sustainable transitions in megacities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103520"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679968","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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