Research On The Living Space Of The Poor In Xi'an

Since the 1990s,Chinese cities have entered a new period of social transformation.The market-oriented reform has widened the income gap of urban residents,and the scale of urban poverty has been further expanded with the massive migrants into urban areas.Accordingly,the residential problem in cities is becoming more and more serious.The urban poor are limited by the ability of residential choice and tend to cluster in certain areas to form residential space of urban poverty.In turn,the concentration of residential space will solidify the social stratus,further widen the gap between urban dwellers,result in a vicious cycle of poverty and threaten the social stability.At present,the problem has attracted special attention from all walks of life.Xi’an is not only an ancient city with a long history,also a modern city in Northwest China with rapid economic growth and large population.In recent years,the new urban poverty has emerged in the limelight and the poor residential problem has become an obstacle to the sustainable development in Chinese cities.In this context,Xi’an is selected as a research sample to study the new poverty and residential space of Chinese cities.On the basis of urban residential space theory and spatial analysis,by means of government statistics and social investigation data,the aim of this paper is to study a series of problems of urban residential space,including evolution of poverty space,spatial differentiation,spatial flow,spatial adaptation and space justice and so on.Finally,this paper put forward the residential idea of sharing space and poverty reduction strategies.This paper is including nine chapters:The first chapter is the introduction which explicates research background,significance,content,framework,and methods as well as data source of the paper.The second chapter is basic concept and theory.In this part,Firstly,the paper introduced the related concepts of urban residential poverty,including poverty,new urban poverty,residential space,etc.,the concept of residential space of urban poverty gives key interpretation,including its core connotation and basic features.Secondly,both the classical theories and the research progress at home and abroad were reviewed.Finally,the research index system of residential space of urban poverty was constructed in the research.The third chapter is about the historical evolution of residential space of urban poverty in Xi ’an city.From the perspective of history,the paper systematically reviewed the evolution of urban social stratification and residential space difference during nearly three thousand years.The article pointed out that the present pattern of poverty space in Xi ’an had its characteristics of historical genes and dynamic development.The fourth chapter is about the study of the new urban poverty and residential space difference in Xi ’an city.Firstly,it pointed out the standard,scale,composition and characteristics of the new urban poverty in the social transformation period of Xi’an.Based on a series of social survey data on unban residential condition,using the factor and clustering analysis methods,the paper made quantitative analysis and qualitative research on the residential space difference law and mechanism of urban poverty.The fifth chapter is about the mobility and driving factor of residential space of urban poverty in Xi ’an city.It not only estimated the degree of spatial mobility of urban poverty,but also attempted to analyze the mobility patterns and driving factors.The sixth chapter is about the study of residential environmental change and adaptability of the poverty area.Taking the typical poverty area named Daminggong area as an example,the relationship between residential environment change and inhabitant adaptability of poor areas was explored by using the survey data of the environmental intimacy of urban residential areas.The seventh chapter is about the study on the satisfaction evaluation and of residential security system.First of all,this paper introduced the present situation of affordable residential system characteristics in Xi’an city;On the basis of household survey data of low-rent housing,satisfaction evaluation was carried on and the main problems of current system were emphasized.The eighth chapter is about the sharing space idea and anti-poverty strategies of urban poverty.The key of urban poverty management is the residential problem,and the spatial sharing and residential justice should become the core idea of urban anti-poverty project.Based on the idea of space sharing and justice,this paper put forward the counter-measures of urban poverty reduction.The ninth chapter is about the conclusion and the prospect of the study.This paper summarized the contents of the above chapters,pointed out some shortcomings such as research idea,content,methods and scope,and put forward some measures to improve the future research direction.The innovation points of this thesis are as follows:(1)Based on the theories of new city poverty and residential space,to define the concept and connotation of residential space of urban poverty and to construct the new paradigm and index system of urban poverty research;(2)From the spatial perspective,to explore the time evolution,spatial differentiation,spatial flow pattern and formation mechanism of urban poverty in transition period;(3)Taking the residential transformation of a typical poor area as an example,to explore the relationship between residential environment change and adaptability in urban areas;(4)From the perspective of urban space justice and sharing,to put forward the ideas,principles and measures of residential poverty management.