Spatial Patterns of Residential Fragmentation and Quality of Life in Nairobi City, Kenya
Spatial Patterns of Residential Fragmentation and Quality of Life in Nairobi City, Kenya
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肯尼亚内罗毕市住宅破碎化与生活质量的空间格局
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发表时间：
2019
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3.4
通讯作者：
J. Verplanke
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作者：
Eunice Nthambi Jimmy;Javier A. Martinez;J. Verplanke
居住区的分散破坏了融合，因为通过围墙、栅栏和使用限制互动的障碍物，在实际上排斥了一些城市居民。研究表明，全球南方的许多城市都面临着空间碎片化问题，这些问题与日益严重的不平等、社会排斥和封闭社区的扩散有关。这导致不同的住宅片段与有限的互动和不平等的生活质量（QoL）的居民的片段条件。本文的目的是描述之间的关联住宅碎片和生活质量的基础上，在城市的内罗毕（肯尼亚）的三个住宅片段。一种混合方法的方法被应用到了解碎片在城市和分析集成和生活质量满意度的片段。住户调查和关键知情人访谈是主要的数据收集方法。数据分析方法包括描述性统计、空间分析和内容分析。结果显示，正如预期的那样，贫民窟居民感觉最不融入象征性相比，计划的非门控和门控社区居民。同样，门控社区居民有较高的生活质量满意度相比，其他类型的片段。有一个很强的正相关性之间的象征性融合和生活质量领域有关的住房和安全的贫民窟，这表明，人们谁是满意的住房也有归属感，他们的邻居。相反，社区整合与安全性呈负相关，这意味着当居民对安全性感到满意时，他们往往有较低的社交网络。根据经验证据，碎片化与生活质量的特定领域有关，因为它与通过障碍和门控造成的空间排斥和穷人的边缘化有关，使他们更难感到融入社会。住宅区反映了全球南部城市在生活质量条件和服务获取方面的严重分歧。
Residential fragmentation undermines integration by physically excluding some urban dwellers through walling, fencing and use of barriers limiting interactions. Research has shown that many cities in the Global South are experiencing spatial fragmentation issues associated with increasing inequalities, social exclusion and proliferation of gated communities. This results in distinct residential fragments with limited interactions and unequal quality of life (QoL) conditions of the residents of the fragments. The aim of this paper is to describe the association between residential fragmentation and QoL based on three residential fragments in the city of Nairobi (Kenia). A mixed method approach was applied to understand fragmentation in the city and analyse integration and QoL satisfaction in the fragments. Household surveys and key informant interviews were main data collection methods. Data analysis methods used included descriptive statistics, spatial and content analysis. The results show, as expected, slum residents felt the least integrated symbolically compared to the planned non-gated and gated community residents. Similarly, gated community residents have higher QoL satisfaction compared to other types of fragments. There is a strong positive correlation between symbolic integration and QoL domains related to housing and safety in the slum, indicating that people who are satisfied with housing also have a sense of belonging to their neighbourhood. In contrast, community integration has a negative correlation with safety in the gated community implying that when the residents are satisfied with safety, they tend to have low social networks. Based on the empirical evidence, fragmentation is related to specific domains of QoL as it is associated with spatial exclusion through barriers and gating and marginalization of the poor making it harder for them to feel integrated. The residential fragments reflect the intense divides in Global South cities in terms of QoL conditions and access to services.