Gated Communities in Guangzhou: Community Environment Analysis and its Effects on Community Attachement

Abstract

Drawing on a large-scale household survey conducted in Guangzhou in 2013,this paper explores the gated communities’environment and their effects on community attachment in Guangzhou.The results show that gated communities in Guangzhou have high-quality community environment;residents have attachment to both social and physical dimensions;community attachment is directly affected by community participation while social interaction has both direct and indirect effects.Besides,the built-up environment indirectly impacts community attachment through residents’subjective perception while their subjective evaluations have both direct or indirect influence.