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Activity Spaces And Sociospatial Segregation In Beijing, Donggen Wang, Fei Li, Yanwei Chai
Activity Spaces And Sociospatial Segregation In Beijing, Donggen Wang, Fei Li, Yanwei Chai
USI Publications
The widespread development of gated communities has generated much concern over urban fragmentation and social segregation. The social division and segregation between residents inside and outside urban enclaves exist not only in their residential spaces, but also in their values, social relations, and daily lives. In this study, it is argued that sociospatial segregation research should pay more attention to individuals' actual usage of urban space in their daily lives. By examining the activity space of the residents from different types of neighborhoods, a spatiotemporal approach to studying sociospatial segregation in Beijing, China is described. Significant differences are found in …