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{"title":"Does the rural homestead titling program promote the citizenization of rural migrants in China?","authors":"Yiyi Yu ,&nbsp;Shuyi Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103431","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103431","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The citizenization of rural migrants (CRM) is crucial for advancing the urbanization process and bridging the urban–rural gap in developing countries. In recent years, the Chinese government has initiated the rural homestead titling program to legally grant rural households’ property rights over their homesteads and housing, which may influence the process of CRM. Considering the reality of the citizenization process, this study classifies CRM into two dimensions: explicit CRM, characterized by social security participation and hukou transfer, and implicit CRM, reflected in urban life adaptation. Utilizing data from the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS2016), this study examines the impact of rural homestead titling on both explicit and implicit CRM. The results show that homestead titling promotes implicit CRM but hampers explicit CRM. Mechanism analysis reveals that the security effect alleviates concerns about land disputes among rural migrants, thereby supporting implicit and explicit CRM. While the allocation effect increases the willingness and capacity of rural migrants to engage in urban social security and transfer hukou, the equity effect encourages return migration, thereby hindering the transition to explicit CRM. The study also reveals significant heterogeneity in the impact of homestead titling on CRM, along with differences in work regions, generations and education levels. These findings provide new perspectives for understanding the interaction between rural land systems and CRM in developing countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 103431"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072658","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":"Understanding socio-spatial inclusion: How age, ethnic, and income inclusion relate to neighborhood transport, land use, and housing features in Australia","authors":"Yunzheng Zhang ,&nbsp;Fubin Luo ,&nbsp;Yizheng Dai","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103430","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103430","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Social inclusion is a crucial concept within the sustainability discourse and a fundamental goal in urban planning and design, encompassing multiple dimensions such as age, ethnicity, and income. It can be manifested spatially in the form of socio-spatial inclusion. However, existing studies that examine multi-dimensional social inclusion within spatial contexts remain limited, and the relationships between various dimensions of inclusion and neighborhood transport, land use, and housing features are still underexplored. Drawing on data at the Statistical Area Level 1 (SA1) from eight Australian capital cities, this study investigates the spatial patterns of age, ethnic, and income inclusion, as well as their neighborhood spatial predictors (including transport, land use, and housing) using explainable machine learning methods. The findings indicate that ethnically inclusive neighborhoods tend to cluster near urban centers, whereas those characterized by higher age or income inclusion are more spatially dispersed. Among the examined predictors, housing variables exhibit stronger associations with socio-spatial inclusion than those related to transport or land use. Specifically, factors such as road density, building density, separate housing, rental housing, affordable housing, and crowd housing demonstrate relatively higher predictive power, which should be considered differently in the formulation of urban planning strategies across diverse urban areas. This study reinforces the understanding of social inclusion in space through a multi-dimensional perspective and provides empirical evidence to support inclusive city and community development through transport, land use, and housing planning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 103430"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071085","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":"Examining the nonlinear and spatial heterogeneity of housing prices in urban Beijing: an application of GeoShapley","authors":"Yiyi Chen ,&nbsp;Yuyao Ye ,&nbsp;Xiangjie Liu ,&nbsp;Chun Yin ,&nbsp;Colin Anthony Jones","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103439","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103439","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Housing is essential for human well-being and economic stability. Major metropolitan areas, particularly in developing countries, face severe housing price challenges. Traditional Hedonic Pricing Models (HPM) have extensively examined the determinants of housing prices, often assuming linear relationships and overlooking submarket segmentation. While approaches such as Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) address spatial heterogeneity, they may still struggle with capturing complex nonlinear interactions between housing attributes, neighborhood factors, and spatial dependencies. To overcome these limitations, this study combines Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) with the GeoShapley to better model nonlinear and spatially varying effects on housing prices. The GeoShapley summary plot reveals that spatial location (GEO) is the most influential feature, followed by distance to the CBD, housing age, and housing size, along with their interactions with GEO. Further analysis uncovers that larger suburban homes show weaker market performance compared to smaller units in central districts, revealing distinct submarket dynamics. Properties near the CBD, particularly in school districts and green landscapes, maintain higher value due to the spillover effects of educational and environmental amenities. Conversely, the negative correlation between proximity to Xizhimen Metro Station and housing prices highlights the complexity of metro accessibility, where factors such as station design might diminish the expected premium. These insights inform real estate policy and sustainable urban planning by spotlighting the importance of spatial heterogeneity and threshold effects, thus extending classical theories of urban housing markets to account for submarket-specific price formation processes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 103439"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072657","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":"Disentangling housing affordability of migrant households through the lens of trade-offs: Evidence from urban China","authors":"Li Tao ,&nbsp;Lili Pang ,&nbsp;De Tong ,&nbsp;Eddie Chi Man Hui","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103437","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103437","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 103437"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071083","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":"Confronting Inequality: Linking the impacts of large-scale land development to the quality of life of local communities in peri-urban area","authors":"Rahmat Aris Pratomo ,&nbsp;Ary A. Samsura ,&nbsp;Erwin van der Krabben","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103429","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103429","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The process of peri-urbanisation has, in many cases, involved large-scale developments. While these developments are expected to regenerate the regional economy, they pose significant challenges to local communities. These challenges include displacement, changes in property rights security, and a decrease in spatial quality, which may directly or indirectly affect the community's quality of life, resulting in their unsustainable livelihood. Since a holistic assessment that looks at the link between these challenges is lacking, this research aims to explore the extent to which the impact of new town development, as a specific form of large-scale development, contributes to changes in the quality of life of communities who lived or worked in the area before the development started. The research focuses on local communities in the <em>kampungs</em> (enclaves) around two new town development areas in Indonesia. A total of 3444 households were surveyed to provide an overview of the spatial quality of the areas, with 150 primary respondents involved to examine the relationship between large-scale development and a community's quality of life (QoL). Furthermore, PLS-SEM was applied to statistically test this relationship. The findings indicated that most of the community's QoL decreased. Statistically, the change in QoL was not significantly influenced by all variables of the main impacts of large-scale land development. Only three of the eight variables involved were proven to influence changes in QoL in both new town development areas: type of displacement, socio-economic quality, and the property rights security level. Interestingly, this research indicates that different geographical locations have shown different levels of impact due to large-scale land development, especially in influencing the increase in motivation of displacement, environmental quality, and physical quality variables in terms of QoL changes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 103429"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144071084","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":"Has the supply of rural public basic facilities in China inhibited village courtyard Idling? An investigation from the perspectives of layout types and objective-subjective evaluation","authors":"Maojun Wang ,&nbsp;Qi Zhang ,&nbsp;Juanjuan Zhao ,&nbsp;Tao Liu ,&nbsp;Guangzhong Cao","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103432","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103432","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Insufficient rural public basic facility supply is widely recognized as one of the key factors contributing to rural courtyard idleness. However, existing research has not reached consensus on the mechanisms by which different types of public basic facility influence idle courtyards, nor has it thoroughly distinguished between the differential impacts of objective basic facility supply and villagers’ subjective satisfaction. Based on questionnaire survey data from 400 Chinese villages in 2020, this study categorizes rural public infrastructure according to spatial distribution characteristics into universally distributed facilities (UDF) and centrally distributed facilities (CDF). The research quantitatively analyzes how the objective supply levels and villagers’ subjective satisfaction of these two facility types affect idle courtyards in Chinese villages. The study finds: (1) Nationwide, the comprehensive supply level of CDF significantly suppresses the risk of idle courtyards in villages, primarily by increasing subjective satisfaction with CDF, thereby reducing villagers’ outmigration intentions. The suppressive effect of UDF is not significant nationwide but shows significant and robust inhibitory effects in central and western regions, mainly determined by the objective supply level of rural public basic facility. (2) Regarding specific facilities, high-level supply of public transportation, markets and shops, primary schools, and elderly care institutions significantly reduces idle courtyards across the country. In central and western regions, the supply levels of tap water and public toilets also demonstrate significant inhibitory effects. (3) The inhibitory effect of rural public basic facility supplies exhibits notable regional and village-size heterogeneity, with the inhibitory effect of subjective satisfaction with CDF only significant in medium and large villages. This paper reveals the intrinsic mechanisms by which rural public basic facility supplies inhibitory effect idle courtyards from the perspective of spatial layout and objective-subjective supply. It provides scientific evidence for the governance of idle courtyards in Chinese villages and precision investment in public facilities, while also offering valuable reference for rural public basic facility policy formulation in other countries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 103432"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143946543","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":"A regional assessment of two decades of informal settlement displacement 2003–2022","authors":"Matthijs van Oostrum","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103434","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103434","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The displacement of people living in informal settlement threatens their lives and livelihoods and represents a failure to promote in-situ upgrading of settlements. This study documents trends in the rate of informal settlement displacement in a sample of 60 cities in the Global South, using a complementary methodology of satellite imagery and on-the-ground enumerations. This paper contributes to theory on displacement, by enumerating the trends in informal settlement displacement and linking these to known drivers of displacements. It finds that over the past two decades, informal settlement displacement has remained common place, but significant regional variation exists. Rates of informal settlement displacement are lowest in the sample of cities in Latin America; peaking around 2010 in Asia and though remaining high, trending downwards since; and the highest in the African sample of cities. Property development is the most prevalent post-demolition land-use in the Asian sample, while in Africa, most land after informal eviction remains unused or returns to wasteland.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 103434"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144069442","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":"(Im)mobility, place-making and wellbeing: a case study of older Chinese immigrants on the Gold Coast, Australia","authors":"Siyao Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103442","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103442","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Population ageing and immigration require a more thorough understanding of older immigrants living environment and mobility. However, changes of environment negatively influence older immigrants’ engagement in physical and social activities. Mobility serves as a mechanism through which meanings of everyday places are (re)produced, fostering a sense of place. This paper presents a phenomenological exploration of how urban infrastructures create a sense of place through different types of mobility. Based on interviews with 30 older Chinese immigrants living on the Gold Coast, Australia, the study finds that immobility and staying at home often lead to a sense of exclusion. The affective approach sheds light on urban environmental factors that facilitate or hinder mobility among older immigrants and examines their impact on well-being. Scenic views in parks, challenges with public transport and issues with neighbourhood walkability reinforced feelings of exclusion. The paper reveals the complex infrastructural assemblages of support and concludes with policy and planning recommendations to create more adaptable environments for older immigrants.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 103442"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143946541","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":"A digital twin platform for the cocreation of urban regeneration projects. A case study in Morocco","authors":"Oumayma Moufid ,&nbsp;Sarbeswar Praharaj ,&nbsp;Hassane Jarar Oulidi ,&nbsp;Kaltoum Momayiz","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103427","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103427","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With increasing trends of suburbanization and polycentric growth, many cities worldwide experience shifts in economic activities to the outskirts leaving inner-city areas blighted with unemployment, inadequate services, substandard housing, and deteriorating streets and public spaces. Urban regeneration strategies looking to revamp these dying underutilized urban centers into thriving communities face complex challenges ranging from innovative design and funding models to public participation in planning and ensuring affordable and accessible housing and services. This study explores how sustainable urban regeneration projects can leverage digital technologies to create opportunities for creative government-community collaborations to enable residents with opportunities to contribute to the prosperity of their neighborhoods and cities. Our paper specifically demonstrates the application of powerful digital twin technology within a case study of a Moroccan neighborhood undergoing rapid degradation, presenting a socially sustainable yet technologically innovative approach to co-creating urban regeneration strategies based on collaborative citizen engagement. We employ a focus group and in-depth interviews with local policymakers leading Moroccan urban regeneration projects to identify key issues and challenges in the design, implementation, and impact evaluation processes and subsequently examine how the newly developed digital twin platform can bridge these gaps identified by policymakers. This study advances knowledge for researchers and local governments worldwide who seek to harness digital twins for design, collaboration, and synergistic strategies in the urban sector.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103427"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935869","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":"Let's get digital: Exploring urban governance and management in India","authors":"Bhargav Adhvaryu ,&nbsp;Riby Rachel Mathew","doi":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103419","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103419","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the intersection of data and governance, focusing on the complexities of integrating data-driven governance within urban systems, particularly in medium-sized cities in the Global South. Using the empirical context of Swachh Survekshan (SS) in Thiruvananthapuram, the study examines the challenges and potential of data initiatives, emphasising the complexities of data collection, coordination, and institutional capacity. The findings reveal that while SS initiatives have fostered a data culture at the local level, standardised data collection methods are lacking. As a result, these initiatives often fail to account for city-specific contexts and local governance realities. Such discrepancies and institutional weaknesses hinder effective decision-making and resource allocation. The paper also discusses the tension between participatory and data-driven approaches to governance, highlighting how fragmented data systems within multilevel governance frameworks undermine the potential of data initiatives to drive urban transformation. To address these challenges, the study offers recommendations, including standardised data collection protocols, integrated data systems, and capacity-building programs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48376,"journal":{"name":"Habitat International","volume":"161 ","pages":"Article 103419"},"PeriodicalIF":6.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143927633","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}