Wang, Ying;
Kemeny, Tom;
(2022)
Are mixed neighborhoods more socially cohesive? Evidence from Nanjing, China.
Urban Geography
, 44
(5)
pp. 803-823.
10.1080/02723638.2021.2021714.
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Abstract
Mixed housing is a widely accepted strategy to promote cohesive communities. However, there remains an enormous amount of heterogeneity in who are mixed, and through what mechanisms. Drawing on a bespoke household survey conducted in Nanjing, China, this paper responds to this gap by measuring how multiple sources of neighborhood mix are associated with different, theoretically-derived dimensions of neighborhood cohesion. The results underscore the multiplicity of the construct of “mix” in everyday life-worlds. We identify varied relationships between neighborhood mix and neighborhood cohesion. Mixing defined in terms of housing tenure and educational backgrounds is linked to greater behavioral cohesion, highlighting the importance of contact spaces and localized knowledge sharing. Contrastingly, income mix lends support to the homophily principle, emphasizing invisible boundaries strengthened by competition over group resources. Mixing of hukou status appears to undermine cognitive cohesion, underscoring the distinctive role played by the hukou regime for governing diversity in China.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Are mixed neighborhoods more socially cohesive? Evidence from Nanjing, China |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02723638.2021.2021714 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2021.2021714 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Mixed neighborhood, heterogeneity, diversity, neighborhood cohesion, China |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10142773 |
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