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Real Estate, Housing and Urban Governance

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 1412

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Jie Chen

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School of International and Public Affairs, China Institute for Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: housing policy; housing market; urban development; urban governance
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Dr. Zisheng Song

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School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, KTH Royal Institute and Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: housing economics; urban economics; residential mobility; urban governance
Dr. Wei Wang

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School of Energy and Building Environment, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Interests: migration; urbanization; housing; urban governance

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The development of the real estate industry is a central element of urban development and is intricately connected to local and regional economies. Meanwhile, designing policies that address housing affordability challenges and improve housing conditions has increasingly become a crucial issue in urban governance globally. In the post-pandemic era, countries worldwide are grappling with increasingly complex and diverse challenges in achieving urban sustainable development. These challenges encompass a wide range of issues, including the dynamics of housing supply and demand, urban–rural integration governance, residential mobility, property management, and community governance.

Amidst the rapid advancement of digitalization and the utilization of AI technologies, the housing market and urban governance demand in-depth reflection and discussion to formulate constructive policies for urban planning and development. Furthermore, with the aging population on the rise and declining fertility rates, the housing market is undergoing a transformation unlike any seen in the past. Therefore, the promotion of sustainable urban governance has become crucial for governments worldwide. This necessitates optimizing existing governance structures and enhancing innovation of housing market mechanisms and building management.

To address these concerns, this Special Issue on "Real Estate, Housing and Urban Governance" invites high-quality, cutting-edge articles. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Housing policy;
  • Housing quality;
  • Migration and social integration.

Prof. Dr. Jie Chen
Dr. Zisheng Song
Dr. Wei Wang
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • real estate
  • housing
  • urban development
  • urban governance
  • urban environmental sustainability
  • migration, mobility and urbanization
  • urban–rural integration
  • big data, AI, and smart cities
  • building technology and building management
  • healthy building, healthy lifestyle and urban resilience

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Changes in Economic Network Patterns and Influencing Factors in the Urban Agglomeration of Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area: A Comprehensive Study
by Ruipu Li, Bo Yu, Qun Wang, Gang Wu and Zhiyu Ma
Buildings 2024, 14(4), 1093; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14041093 - 14 Apr 2024
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The aim of this study is to comprehensively evaluate the economic network patterns and their influencing factors of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GHMGBA) in China, considering population scale, economic development level, and land-resource endowment. By employing a modified gravity model and [...] Read more.
The aim of this study is to comprehensively evaluate the economic network patterns and their influencing factors of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GHMGBA) in China, considering population scale, economic development level, and land-resource endowment. By employing a modified gravity model and a social-network method, we quantitatively analyzed urban agglomeration integrity indices, such as network density, edge–core structure, cohesive-subgroup index, and urban individual index (e.g., centrality degree) of this region, encompassing nine cities in Guangdong Province and two special administrative regions. The results revealed significant changes in the economic network patterns within the GHMGBA over time. Furthermore, the quadratic assignment procedure correlation analysis index was used to identify the various factors affecting the strength of the economic interaction. The findings demonstrated an annual increase in the strength of economic interaction between cities and regions within the GHMGBA over the past 20 years, along with the emergence of a polycentric economic development pattern. The results also suggest that the spatial location and level of economic development are key determinants influencing the strength of economic linkages in this area. This study supports the conclusion that deepening exchanges and cooperation among core cities, bolstering economic development in sub-core cities, and facilitating the construction of an integrated regional transportation network will expedite the process of economic integration. Full article
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Association between Hometown Landholdings and Housing Quality of Rural Migrants in Urban Areas: Evidence from China
by Wei Wang, Gai Luo and Xinzhi Gong
Buildings 2024, 14(4), 1027; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14041027 - 7 Apr 2024
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Urbanization progress in developing countries is reflected in the urban living conditions of their rural migrants. Housing quality, in particular, is linked to migrants’ social integration and development of human capital. In China, where urban housing is highly stratified by urban citizenship via [...] Read more.
Urbanization progress in developing countries is reflected in the urban living conditions of their rural migrants. Housing quality, in particular, is linked to migrants’ social integration and development of human capital. In China, where urban housing is highly stratified by urban citizenship via the “hukou” or household registration system, improving housing quality is a top priority for the central government in its pursuit of human-centered urbanization. Despite some social and economic elements affecting migrants’ housing quality being documented, few studies have analyzed the determinants of rural migrants’ housing quality from the perspective of rural landholdings or possession of use rights of rural lands, which is endowed by the land system of China. Using large micro-data from the China Migrant Dynamic Survey (CMDS), this study investigates the association between hometown landholdings and rural migrants’ housing quality in their host cities. The empirical results suggest that possessing rural landholdings in their hometown is negatively correlated with rural migrants’ housing quality in their host cities, wherein rural migrants’ hukou transfer intention is found as an intermediary factor. Furthermore, the heterogeneity of the relationship across demographic characteristics and regions was investigated. In addition, short-term revenue derived from hometown landholdings is also verified to have a very limited positive effect on migrants’ housing quality. Land transfer policies customized for subgroups of rural migrants across sociological attributes and urban stratification are concluded finally. Full article
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