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{"title":"Supply-demand matching assessment of public services facility among age groups from the perspective of travel behavior","authors":"Jintang Chen ,&nbsp;Wenxin Lu ,&nbsp;Shuli Zhou ,&nbsp;Xuefei Wang ,&nbsp;Bingrong Liu ,&nbsp;Yuan Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103421","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103421","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High urban population density creates diverse demands for public service facilities (PSFs) across age groups, presenting significant challenges for equitable resource allocation in sustainable development. Current research on comprehensive analysis of age-specific PSF supply-demand matching has been inadequate. This study addresses this gap by utilized Mobile Signal Data to track daily travel behavior among four age groups in Guangzhou. By employing multiple probability calculations, the Visiting Preference Index (VPI) was introduced to quantify preference for seven categories of PSFs within residents’ daily travel distance. Spatial analysis reveals three key findings: (1) Distinct age-based preferences emerge: the teenager prioritizing education, the youth and middle-aged favoring transportation, and the senior requiring healthcare. Teenager and senior share similar characteristics of VPI; (2) Significant spatial heterogeneity exists: transportation facilities exhibit a higher level VPI in periphery areas than in central areas. Conversely, the other six categories of PSFs showed an inverse pattern. Notable differences in VPI are observed among different age groups and across urban districts for each type of PSFs; (3) Within the traditional living circle, PSFs failed to meet over 95 % of demand. However, satisfaction increased to over 90 % after expanding the radius to match age-specific traveled distances: 9.39 km for senior, 12.12 km for teenager, 12.62 km for middle-aged, and 12.86 km for youth. These findings inform targeted planning suggestions to optimize PSFs distribution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103421"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143891608","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}

{"title":"Grid-level assessment on spatial equity in access to urban public facilities by vulnerable groups based on the multi-source data","authors":"Wenbo Lai ,&nbsp;Dahu Lin ,&nbsp;Zhuowen Li ,&nbsp;You Peng ,&nbsp;Weiqiang Zhou ,&nbsp;Tao Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103423","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103423","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the context of promoting human-centered sustainable cities and communities, achieving spatial equity in the development of urban public facilities (UPF) plays an essential role and faces a significant challenge. Although the regional and social disparity of UPF's distribution is well documented, researchers seldom consider the spatial distribution disparities between multiple types of UPF and vulnerable groups at a fine scale. This study built a comprehensive evaluation framework with a fine-grained model, which is comprised of grid-based partitioning, multi-source data crawling, cumulative opportunity model, and spatial statistical analysis, to analyze spatial equity in Guangzhou, China. The accessibility to UPF and the social vulnerability index (SVI) are measured utilizing the cumulative opportunity measure and principal component analysis (PCA). This study, therefore, analyzed the imbalance between the distribution of UPF and vulnerable groups. Moreover, the study accurately identified spatial inequity areas using the Gini coefficient and bivariate Moran's I. The results show that numerous areas within the study area have limited opportunities to access UPF. Nevertheless, the formation of multiple urban centers during urbanization has increased the diversity of accessible types of UPF within the community life unit. In addition, due to the aging population in the old city center and the complex population structure of urban villages, the areas in the old town often become high-value clusters spatially with SVI. In particular, due to planning problems caused by urban villages, these areas are often prone to become spatial inequity areas characterized by \"high SVI - low comprehensive accessibility.\" This evaluation framework is user-friendly and suitable for application in other cities, helping to identify spatial inequity areas that require planning intervention and priority.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103423"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143879167","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}

{"title":"Mining activities drive the temporal and spatial changes of ecosystem carbon storage in coal resource-based city with high groundwater table","authors":"Xiangyu Min ,&nbsp;Bingzi Zhang ,&nbsp;Yongsheng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103420","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103420","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Land use/cover change (LUCC) drives the change in carbon storage of terrestrial ecosystems, and the LUCC in coal resource-based cities are influenced by both mining activities and urbanization. However, there is a lack of systematic research on the change in ecosystem carbon storage, the driving mechanisms, and future predictions under multiple factors of resource-based cities. This study takes Jining, a typical coal resource-based city with high groundwater of China, as a case to explore the changes in carbon storage and driving factors from 2000 to 2020, and to predict the changes in carbon storage under different reclamation and urbanization intensities. The research shows that from 2000 to 2020, ecosystem carbon storage decreased by a total of 15.57 Tg, with 16.76 % of mining areas experiencing a decline in ecosystem carbon storage. Mining factors explain the decrease in ecosystem carbon storage better than urbanization factors. From 2000 to 2020, the top four factors explaining the reduction in ecosystem carbon storage are ranked as follows: land subsidence &gt; land reclamation &gt; nighttime light &gt; GDP. In the short term, land reclamation can offset the carbon loss caused by increased urbanization intensity. Choosing a strategy of low-intensity urbanization and high-intensity reclamation is the best option for maintaining ecosystem carbon storage. This study reveals the driving role of mining activities in the changes of carbon storage in resource-based cities and provides policy-makers with a relatively reasonable land management policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103420"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143873625","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}

{"title":"Informal infrastructure provision: Self-organized street paving in Maputo, Mozambique","authors":"Remígio Chilaule ,&nbsp;Johan Mottelson","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103405","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103405","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the absence of state engagement in informal settlements, self-organized infrastructure provision has become a common yet understudied practice. This study examines self-organized paved streets in the informal settlement Maxaquene in Maputo, Mozambique. Using a mixed-methods approach involving semi-structured interviews, geospatial surveying, and photographic documentation, it finds that informally paved streets emerged recently and expanded to cover 11.7 % of public space over a three-year period. Residents coordinate funding and implementation to mitigate risk of erosion and property damage with limited involvement from authorities. Residents perceive public space in front of their plot as an extension of their property and consider it legitimate to invest in its development. Authorities express understanding for the need for infrastructure development but view it as temporary and an infringement on state responsibility. The study highlights a conceptual distinction between infrastructure developed by external centralized providers such as electricity and decentralized internal developments like paved streets. It identifies technical challenges, such as variations in quality and downstream issues. Considering the likelihood of continued lack of state engagement, the study discusses recommendations for utilizing self-organized infrastructure provision for informal settlement development, including standardized designs, financial pooling, and coordination to mitigate downstream issues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103405"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143873626","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}

{"title":"Impacts of global manufacturing transfer on energy intensity, consumption, and transition: An industry linkage perspective","authors":"Liming Ge ,&nbsp;Che Su ,&nbsp;Qianqian Cheng ,&nbsp;Heyun Zheng ,&nbsp;Zixuan Liu ,&nbsp;Yi Guo ,&nbsp;Pengbo Sun ,&nbsp;Pengfei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103410","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103410","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Manufacturing industry consumes a substantial amount of energy, and its international transfer plays a crucial role in shaping energy consumption patterns worldwide. However, the energy impacts of manufacturing transfer, particularly with regard to energy transition, have not been fully investigated. We present a theoretical framework based on industry linkage to elucidate the energy impacts of global manufacturing transfer. Subsequently, we empirically examine the energy impacts as well as the underlying mechanisms using panel data encompassing 43 countries from 2003 to 2017. Results show that global manufacturing transfer significantly increases overall energy consumption, decreases energy intensity, and promotes the transition torwads low-carbon energy system. Specifically, it decreases energy intensity in both the originating and receiving countries, promotes the low-carbon energy transition in the originating countries, but has no notable impact on the energy transition in the receiving countries. The energy effects are more pronounced in developed countries and in the post-financial crisis period.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103410"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143870015","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}

{"title":"Optimizing vertical urban development: The role of a multidimensional assessment framework for balancing vertical growth and habitability","authors":"Han Wang ,&nbsp;Ping He ,&nbsp;Man Sing Wong ,&nbsp;Siu Wai Wong ,&nbsp;Yinghao Song ,&nbsp;Geoffrey Qiping Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103424","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103424","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rapid urbanization and population growth have driven vertical urban development in densely populated cities facing land scarcity. However, such pursuit towards high-density living often compromises the quality of the built environment and habitability, and accurately assessing its impacts is challenging, making it difficult for urban planners to identify optimal vertical growth strategies. Here we present a comprehensive assessment framework that integrates detailed 3D urban landscape models with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to multidimensionally assess customizable factors such as ventilation, thermal comfort, air quality, sunlight exposure, and urban aesthetics under different vertical growth scenarios. The framework is demonstrated through a case study to guide the vertical growth in a new development area in Hong Kong. Our simulations show that high-rise building clusters pose challenges such as strong winds, and trapped heat and air pollutants, but well-designed configurations of tall, slim buildings with adequate spacing can harness wind flow to improve thermal comfort and air quality. Despite a general deterioration of habitability being observed as vertical growth increases, there exists a threshold below which habitability is less impacted. This observation enables us to develop a Vertical Urban Habitability Index (VUHI) that can determine the optimal vertical growth by quantifying the trade-offs between increasing building areas and maintaining environmental habitability. The result shows that relaxing building heights by 7–13 % and plot ratios by 26–32 % beyond the government's benchmark can optimize urban development without compromising habitability. This framework not only serves as a reliable tool to guide vertical urban planning, but also facilitates benchmarking the habitability of different vertical cities, which enables knowledge sharing and identifies best practices for sustainable vertical development worldwide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103424"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143873627","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}

{"title":"Housing finance and inequality: Mortgage debt in urban China","authors":"Jinqiao Long ,&nbsp;Liyuan Zhuang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103411","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103411","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mortgage credit has played a central role in driving housing market dynamics. The differentiation of the mortgage market is an important embodiment of housing inequality and a dimension of social stratification. Using the Chinese Housing Consumption Survey (CHCS) data, this study aims to understand the temporal dynamics of the mortgage market and factors influencing access to housing finance in urban China, which offers important insights into housing inequality in transitional economies. Since 2013, the use of mortgage loans to achieve homeownership has become the dominant source of housing finance in urban China, with intergenerational transfers remaining crucial in influencing the development of the mortgage market. Considerable variation is found in Housing Provident Fund participation, access to mortgages and the type of mortgage among different demographic and socio-economic groups. Institutional features, such as hukou status, hukou location, party membership and employer type are crucial for securing policy-based subsidies, influencing access to homeownership and therefore generating housing tenure inequality and housing wealth inequality. At the city level, state forces affect the acquisition of Housing Provident Fund loans, whereas market forces prompt reliance on commercial mortgage loans. The scrutiny of the housing finance systems contributes to the understanding of the formation of wealth inequality in transitional economies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103411"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143863755","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}

{"title":"Utilizing complex networks and multi-scale analysis for spatial coordination and regional integration: Insight from the Pearl River Delta, China","authors":"Chenyu Fang ,&nbsp;Ran Chen ,&nbsp;Lin Zhou ,&nbsp;Xing Liu ,&nbsp;Shidong Ge","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103409","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103409","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The megaregion significantly influences spatial coordination and regional integration through complex interactions among cities; however, gaps persist in determining the roles of various administrative levels and in harnessing these interactions to facilitate regional integration. By integrating high-resolution mobile phone signaling data within a novel macro-meso-micro analytical framework, the study incorporates Degree Centrality, an improved Louvain algorithm modified to address the Matthew Effect (iLAME), and a Weighted and Normalized Gould-Fernandez (WNGF) to assess the influential roles, spatial structure, and brokerage interactions within the PRD. The result at the macro-level highlights regional imbalances within the PRD, notably the spatial mismatch between job opportunities and residential locations. At the meso-level, the community grouping result reveals discrepancies between administrative boundaries and actual community structures, suggesting that urban development has transcended traditional administrative limits. At the micro-level, the analysis accentuates the importance of brokerage roles played by multi-level administrative units. This comprehensive analysis underscores the necessity of constructing efficient transportation networks and reducing institutional distances to foster regional integration within the PRD.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103409"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143863756","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}

{"title":"Cultural Integration of the Built Environment -the case of displaced Pakistanis on the outskirts of Tehran","authors":"Taban Mossavi ,&nbsp;Mahmood Fayazi ,&nbsp;Zoheir Mottaki","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103407","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103407","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Amid an unprecedented rise in global displacement, over 122 million individuals now face the challenge of adapting to unfamiliar cultural and living environments. Despite separate studies on post-displacement acculturation and the built environment, their intersection remains largely neglected. This study used grounded theory ethnography over three years to investigate a displaced Pakistani community near Tehran, their Iranian hosts and their respective dwellings, and the behaviors they harbor. Based on the findings, a model was developed to study post-displacement cultural integration of the built environment. The study explores acculturation outcomes in the built environment—integration, separation, and assimilation—shaped by internal cultural shifts and external factors like surroundings, legalities, and social context. The Pakistani population in particular, exhibited minimal cultural change, influencing their spatial organization and behavior settings. Furthermore, this model can assist practitioners and academics in addressing displaced population's built environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103407"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143848211","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}

{"title":"Neighborhood environment, social support and subjective well-being of rural migrant women: A case study of Nanjing, China","authors":"Moli Gu ,&nbsp;Shuangshuang Tang ,&nbsp;Jianxi Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103406","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103406","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Traditional gender norms and the household registration system in China have longstanding effects, creating unique characteristics and risks for the social support and subjective well-being of rural migrant women in urban areas. The neighborhood community, as their primary living and social space, plays a crucial role in providing social support and enhancing subjective well-being. However, few studies have focused on the social support and subjective well-being of rural migrant women against the special background of China, with even fewer exploring the mediating effects of the neighborhood environment. This paper constructs an analytical framework to explore the relationship between neighborhood environment, social support, and the subjective well-being of rural migrant women. Drawing on 2023 questionnaire data from Nanjing, China, we conducted regression analysis, propensity score matching, and mediation effect tests to investigate these relationships. The results show that emotional support, informational support, and social companionship positively impact rural migrant women's subjective well-being, whereas instrumental support exerts a negative effect. While the built environment generally hinders social support and SWB, the social environment plays a facilitating role, which we argue is due to the particular socioeconomic and built environments of China. Additionally, social support serves as a mediating mechanism linking the neighborhood environment to subjective well-being. Enhancing social support systems and optimizing community spatial planning is essential for improving the social well-being of rural migrant women.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"160 ","pages":"Article 103406"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143843868","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}