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Article: Socioeconomic variations and disparity in space–time accessibility in suburban China: A case study of Guangzhou
Title | Socioeconomic variations and disparity in space–time accessibility in suburban China: A case study of Guangzhou |
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Authors | |
Keywords | accessibility housing inequality neighbourhood time geography |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://usj.sagepub.com/ |
Citation | Urban Studies, 2021, v. 58 n. 4, p. 750-768 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The concept of conventional place-based accessibility, despite being well researched, tends to ignore people’s space–time constraints arising from mandatory activities (e.g. work and household duties), which confine people’s potential movement and delimit the accessible opportunities. As people with different socioeconomic statuses may have different space–time constraints even while living in similar locations, using the place-based measures could lead to an underestimation of accessibility inequality. This study applies a space–time measure to unravel the disparities in service accessibility in suburban China. Since the late 1970s, suburbanisation in Chinese cities has fostered income inequality and has elevated other dimensions (e.g. institutional status and gender) of disparity within each income class. Within this context, we conduct a case study of suburban neighbourhoods in Guangzhou, based on the activity diary data derived from a home-based questionnaire survey. Findings indicate that the use of a space–time measure effectively captures the disparities in service accessibility among residents in suburban Guangzhou. On the basis of structural equation modelling, we further identify that certain socioeconomic groups (e.g. high-income residents, public sector workers, local hukou holders, male household heads and welfare housing residents) tend to experience fewer space–time constraints from rigid activities, such as work, commuting and household duties, and are thus more advantaged in accessing service facilities. These findings imply that urban planning should address the space–time perspective to promote equal service access for the highly heterogeneous social groups in suburban China and to incorporate time-sensitive policies (e.g. flexitime policies). |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/288327 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.806 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chen, Z | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yeh, AGO | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-05T12:11:14Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-05T12:11:14Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Urban Studies, 2021, v. 58 n. 4, p. 750-768 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0042-0980 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/288327 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The concept of conventional place-based accessibility, despite being well researched, tends to ignore people’s space–time constraints arising from mandatory activities (e.g. work and household duties), which confine people’s potential movement and delimit the accessible opportunities. As people with different socioeconomic statuses may have different space–time constraints even while living in similar locations, using the place-based measures could lead to an underestimation of accessibility inequality. This study applies a space–time measure to unravel the disparities in service accessibility in suburban China. Since the late 1970s, suburbanisation in Chinese cities has fostered income inequality and has elevated other dimensions (e.g. institutional status and gender) of disparity within each income class. Within this context, we conduct a case study of suburban neighbourhoods in Guangzhou, based on the activity diary data derived from a home-based questionnaire survey. Findings indicate that the use of a space–time measure effectively captures the disparities in service accessibility among residents in suburban Guangzhou. On the basis of structural equation modelling, we further identify that certain socioeconomic groups (e.g. high-income residents, public sector workers, local hukou holders, male household heads and welfare housing residents) tend to experience fewer space–time constraints from rigid activities, such as work, commuting and household duties, and are thus more advantaged in accessing service facilities. These findings imply that urban planning should address the space–time perspective to promote equal service access for the highly heterogeneous social groups in suburban China and to incorporate time-sensitive policies (e.g. flexitime policies). | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://usj.sagepub.com/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Urban Studies | - |
dc.rights | Author(s), Contribution Title, Journal Title (Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). DOI: [DOI number]. | - |
dc.subject | accessibility | - |
dc.subject | housing | - |
dc.subject | inequality | - |
dc.subject | neighbourhood | - |
dc.subject | time geography | - |
dc.title | Socioeconomic variations and disparity in space–time accessibility in suburban China: A case study of Guangzhou | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chen, Z: czfurban@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yeh, AGO: hdxugoy@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Yeh, AGO=rp01033 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0042098020916416 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85085599105 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 315015 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 58 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 750 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 768 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1360-063X | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000539445900001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0042-0980 | - |