THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS ON SOCIAL COHESION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY BASED ON SHANGHAI

ZHANG Ye-ling; CUI Jun-ru; CUI Can; MU Xue-ying; SUN Bin-dong

doi:10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2023.02.013

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2) : 106-115. DOI: 10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2023.02.013

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THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS ON SOCIAL COHESION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY BASED ON SHANGHAI

ZHANG Ye-ling¹, CUI Jun-ru², CUI Can¹, MU Xue-ying¹, SUN Bin-dong¹

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With the rapid development of urbanization, large scales of internal migrants have entered Chinese cities, making the social cohesion among different social groups in urban spaces a heated issue for the society. While researchers have largely focused on the influence of individual characteristics, less attention has been paid to the heterogeneous influence of neighbourhood characteristics on the social cohesion of residents of different social groups. Drawing on the survey data from the 2018 Shanghai Residential Housing Sample Survey and multiple linear models, this study investigates how neighbourhood type, neighbourhood built environment, and location impact the social cohesion of residents, after controlling for residents' individual characteristics. This is followed by the analysis of the interaction effect to explore the heterogeneous influence of neighbourhood characteristics on residents with different hukou. The results show that individual characteristics, including gender, CCP membership, and hukou location have a significant impact on the social cohesion among residents. At the neighbourhood level, compared with commercial housing, a more significant relationship has been found between affordable housing and social cohesion. The perception of better neighbourhood built environment indicated by the perception of accessibility perception, environmental quality perception and public space perception, and objective accessibility has a positive effect on the social cohesion among residents.

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social cohesion / neighbourhood type / neighbourhood built environment / Shanghai

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ZHANG Ye-ling, CUI Jun-ru, CUI Can, MU Xue-ying, SUN Bin-dong. THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD-LEVEL CHARACTERISTICS ON SOCIAL COHESION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY BASED ON SHANGHAI[J]. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 2023, 38(2): 106-115 https://doi.org/10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2023.02.013

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