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{"title":"The urban‒rural income gap, green innovation and urban carbon emissions: An empirical study in the Yangtze River Delta, China","authors":"Dongsheng Yan ,&nbsp;Pingxing Li ,&nbsp;Xin Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103525","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103525","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The simultaneous achievement of reducing income inequality and carbon emissions is of great practical importance for developing countries. Based on panel data in the Yangtze River Delta of China, this study quantitatively explores the effect of the urban‒rural income gap on carbon emissions and its underlying mechanism. The results indicate that the widening urban‒rural income gap significantly increased carbon emissions, and this effect exhibited significant spatiotemporal heterogeneity. An increase in the urban‒rural income gap leads to an increase in carbon emissions by inhibiting green innovation, but the effects of different innovation behaviors exhibit notable differences. In addition, both marketization and government behavior have substitution effects with the urban‒rural income gap in affecting carbon emissions. These findings provide new explanations for the relationship between income inequality and carbon emissions, and can support decision makers in the tasks of synergistically narrowing income inequality and overcoming environmental challenges during economic growth. By ensuring reasonable cooperation between an efficient market and a well-functioning government, developing countries can establish a balance between fairness and efficiency in the context of high-quality green economic growth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103525"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724856","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":"Revealing the correlation between the morphology of rural settlement clusters and their accessibility to facilities: A human-centered perspective","authors":"Juan Tang ,&nbsp;Weifeng Qiao ,&nbsp;Houxing Gao ,&nbsp;Chen Li ,&nbsp;Xiaoqing Song","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103519","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103519","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Facilities profoundly shape human settlement systems as determinants of quality of life and organizers of spatial structure. However, morphology-accessibility correlations within rural settlement clusters (RSCs) remain underexplored, constrained by urban-biased settlement cluster delineation and fragmented facility accessibility analysis. This study systematically investigates the correlation mechanisms between RSC morphology and multi-facility accessibility from a human-centered perspective. Using Hubei Province, China as a case, we first delineated RSCs via a spatial clustering method—DBSCAN, with subsequent quantification of morphological attributes—scale, shape, and layout. Accessibility to production, living, and ecological facilities was then assessed through path distance analysis. Morphology-accessibility correlations were statistically examined using ridge regression. RSCs are critical meso-scale intermediaries between micro-scale (dwellings) and macro-scale (villages) analysis. Empirical results reveal significant correlations between RSCs’ morphological characteristics and accessibility gradients, with heterogeneity across different types of facilities. Smaller clusters correlate with higher agricultural facility accessibility, while larger clusters show stronger industrial facility accessibility. Improved access to living facilities like healthcare and commercial services corresponds to RSCs with more complex and irregular shapes. Better access to water areas correlates with more elongated clusters, while better access to forests correlates with more dispersed clusters. The observed morphology-accessibility correlations arise from decisions and actions of multiple human actors under evolving human demands, thereby developing a feedback loop of “demand prioritization—decision optimization—behavioral enactment—spatial restructuring”. This study contributes to current research by identifying rural settlement clusters and analyzing morphology-accessibility correlations, offering valuable insights for sustainable settlement design which harmonizes facility efficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103519"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144720873","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 dual informalities on migrants’ social integration in megacities: A case study of urban villages in Guangzhou, China","authors":"Gengzhi Huang,&nbsp;Yanshan Yang,&nbsp;Jinnan Que","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103530","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103530","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper highlights the question of dual informalities in employment and dwelling in the context of migrant workers' social integration in urban China, with a focus on informal workers residing in urban villages in Guangzhou. Drawing on data from a survey of 350 migrants and 33 in-depth interviews conducted in two urban villages, the study explores how both work-associated and community-associated factors influence levels of social integration, which demonstrates the impacts of dual informalities on migrants' social integration. Job instability and lack of social security are detrimental to migrants' social integration, as stable jobs and coverage of social security are likely to bring about higher levels of social integration. The shortage of public space and poor public security in urban villages hinder migrants' social integration, as frequent use of public spaces and a stronger sense of community safety and inclusion are positively linked to integration. It is argued that dual informalities in employment and dwelling environments present migrant workers with greater difficulties in urban social integration. The paper concludes by contextualizing the challenge of migrants’ social integration within the growing trend of informality in global labor and housing markets.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103530"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144720874","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":"The pricing of systematic liquidity risks in housing market","authors":"Junbeom Park ,&nbsp;Hoon Cho ,&nbsp;Hyeongjun Kim ,&nbsp;Kabjin Kim ,&nbsp;Jinhwan Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103532","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103532","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study focuses on systematic liquidity risks in the private real estate market, one of the least liquid and most data-constrained asset classes. Under a liquidity-adjusted capital asset pricing model framework, we estimate the three types of systematic liquidity risks and market risk using the Korean housing market's high-quality data. From the cross-sectional regression model and estimated betas, we demonstrate that liquidity risk has a significant impact on the real estate market, even at the local level. Our result remains robust to the expanded research area and alternative market portfolio. A deeper analysis reveals heterogeneity in how liquidity risks affect different groups of investors. Specifically, older individuals tend to be less sensitive to liquidity risks, likely due to their lower debt burdens and focus on preparing for old age. Conversely, during unfavorable market conditions, liquidity becomes a critical consideration for investors, with greater value placed on properties that are easier to sell. This suggests that the perception of liquidity risk is highly contingent on both demographic factors and prevailing market conditions. Additionally, hedonic price model analysis confirms that properties with higher liquidity risk face price discounts. Our findings underline the importance of liquidity considerations in real estate investment and policy formulation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103532"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144720875","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":"The role of audio-visual elements in Residential Location Choice","authors":"Luis Garzón ,&nbsp;Julián Arellana ,&nbsp;Luis Bravo-Moncayo ,&nbsp;Juan de Dios Ortúzar ,&nbsp;Jairo Ortega","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103516","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103516","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding how individuals perceive and value audiovisual elements in the urban environment is challenging but essential to model people's residential location choices. We investigate the willingness to pay for improved audiovisual attributes in a residential choice context, considering the effect of three latent constructs: noise sensitivity, sound pleasantness, and visual liveability. We complement the econometric estimation using individuals' socio-demographic and place location information. Data came from a stated choice experiment using a digital survey with immersive audiovisual techniques considering a set of scenarios from 36 different residential locations. A hybrid choice modelling approach revealed significant heterogeneity in the willingness to pay for residential choice location when respondents (i) considered different spatial combinations of audiovisual metrics; (ii) demonstrated sensitivity to noise and were exposed to high-energy fluctuations in sound pressure levels; (iii) lived near a particular place condition and matched a socio-demographic characteristic and (iv) preferences were allowed to be influenced by auditory and visual perceptions. Our findings have implications for housing location and policy, demonstrating the influence of subjective perceptions and individual and physical characteristics in the choice of residence.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103516"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144712924","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":"What drives evolved commercialization and transformation of residential into mixed-use neighbourhoods?","authors":"Puneet Mishra,&nbsp;Uttam Kumar Roy","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103531","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103531","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the organic transformation of residential areas into mixed-use neighbourhoods through evolved commercialization, with a focus on customer attraction dynamics. While mixed-use development has been extensively studied, the factors driving incremental commercialization and its relationship with mixed-use formation remain underexplored, particularly in the context of developing cities. This research focuses on examining how commercial typology, clustering, local mixedness, and connectivity contribute to customer attraction and the broader evolution of mixed-use environments. The study employs a mixed-methods approach, combining survey-based data and spatial analysis from sixteen selected mixed-use streets in different zones of Delhi, India. Using ordinal logistic regression, it identifies significant factors influencing customer attraction, such as store size, operational hours, clustering of businesses and informal activities and level of mixedness between storekeeper's place of trade and residence. It further highlights the role of connectivity and accessibility metrics, in context of enhanced walkability and driving customer attraction. This study fills a critical gap by offering empirical insights in understanding the interaction between evolved commercialization and evolution of mixed-use neighbourhoods, particularly in the Global South, where organic transformations are prevalent.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103531"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711846","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":"How does the mixed-functional land use pattern suppress the cooling capacity of urban green spaces? Evidence from China","authors":"Yujie Ren ,&nbsp;Xinyue Wang ,&nbsp;Tianhui Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103522","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103522","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban green spaces are widely recognized for their role in mitigating urban heat through ecological processes such as evapotranspiration and shading. However, the intensification of compact and mixed-functional land use patterns may constrain their thermal regulatory performance. This study investigates the extent to which mixed-functional land use patterns modulate the cooling capacity of urban green spaces across 287 Chinese cities, employing a multi-method framework that integrates spatial regression models, multi-scale geographically weighted regression (MGWR), and interpretable machine learning (XGBoost with SHAP values). The results indicate that mixed-functional land use significantly suppresses green space cooling through three main pathways: (1) by increasing landscape fragmentation, it disrupts spatial continuity; (2) by intensifying competition with built-up areas, it diminishes marginal cooling gains; and (3) by interacting with green space morphology, it selectively impairs the thermal performance of planned urban green spaces (PDUGS), while natural urban green spaces (NAUGS) remain relatively resilient. Empirical evidence supports these mechanisms: the MIXD (degree of mixed-functional land use pattern) × PDUGS coverage interaction yields a significantly negative coefficient (β = −0.000865) in the cold island area model, and MGWR identifies stronger suppressive effects in high-density southern cities. SHAP-based threshold analysis identifies a suboptimal MIXD range (≈55–240) associated with markedly reduced cooling capacity, and a saturation point beyond ≈405 where additional functional mixing yields diminishing returns. These findings highlight the conditional role of urban form in shaping green infrastructure performance and underscore the importance of adopting type-specific and structure-sensitive planning strategies to optimize green space effectiveness under compact urban development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103522"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711845","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":"Rethinking the development of “left-behind” places through regional cooperation: A spatiotemporal analysis of counties in Zhejiang, China","authors":"Yuanshuo Xu ,&nbsp;Jingyuan Li ,&nbsp;Yan Wu ,&nbsp;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}

{"title":"Identifying the daily activity-travel patterns of rural residents: A case study of Guiyang, China","authors":"Yueren He,&nbsp;Mingwei He,&nbsp;Yang Liu,&nbsp;Qian Qian","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103529","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103529","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rural transportation is a cornerstone for developing sustainable rural and improving resident well-being. Understanding activity-travel behavior is essential for effective rural management and transportation planning. Existing research has explored the specific activity segments and travel decisions of rural residents. However, there is limited knowledge about the clear profiles of daily activity patterns. Using the sequence analysis method (SAM) based on the 2021 Guiyang Household Travel Survey, we investigate rural residents' activity and travel time allocation and identify daily activity-travel patterns (DATPs). The characteristics of various DATPs are analyzed from the perspectives of activity participation and travel behavior, and the multinomial logit (MNL) model is applied to explore the association between DATPs and sociodemographic attributes. This study identifies six categories of DATP: Work, School, Farm, Social, Life, and Home patterns. Specifically, Work, School, and Farm patterns are dominated by livelihood activities, averaging over 6 h daily, with a morning and evening departure peak. The Social group allocates more time to visiting family or friends and exhibits the peak times before and after meals. The Life pattern involves more life-related services, while the Home group spends more on staying at home and short-duration outdoor activities. Moreover, Work and Life patterns rely more on private cars due to longer travel distances, whereas other DATP groups prefer walking. The results contribute to a better understanding of the daily pattern segmentation for rural residents and tailored transport policies to meet their travel demand.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 103529"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144703285","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":"Trust and land Lease: The role of informal institutions in land market in rural China","authors":"Mingzhe Wang ,&nbsp;Houqi Shen ,&nbsp;Zinan Xin ,&nbsp;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}