The Community Integration of New Residents in the Community Reorganization at a Heritage Site: A Model Based on Tangkou in Huangshan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Community Integration of Immigrants
2.2. Community Integration of Tourist Immigrants
3. Methods
3.1. Selection of the Research Case
3.2. Research Methods
3.3. Grounded Theory Approach
3.4. Data Collection
4. Research Process
4.1. Open Coding
4.2. Axial Coding
4.3. Selective Coding
4.4. Saturation Test
5. Research Results
5.1. Support for the Government
5.2. Economic Integration
5.3. Community Environment
5.4. Psychological Integration
6. Conclusions and Discussion
6.1. Conclusions
6.2. Discussion
7. Limitations and Further Developments
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gender | Age | Education Level | |||||||||
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Male | Female | <20 | 20–30 | 31–40 | 41–50 | >50 | Primary School | Junior High School | High School | College and Above | |
Number | 12 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
Percentage | 32.4% | 67.6% | 2.7% | 13.5% | 24.3% | 27% | 32.5% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 19% |
Original Interview Materials | Abstract | Conceptualization |
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“... I don’t feel that the government provides any convenience for me to live or work, I can hardly say that I am satisfied with it ...”; “... Many tourists are cheated here, I hope the government will strengthen supervision ...”; “... In some ways, operators are in a weaker position, but the government doesn’t have any protection for the service sector ...”; “... The government basically doesn’t care about soliciting ...”; “The same operators here are saturated, but the government hasn’t come up with any solutions at all ...” | Z1 Not satisfied with the government in providing convenience | A1 Dissatisfaction with government |
Z2 Strengthen government supervision | A2 Regulatory intensity | |
Z3 Government not providing protection | A3 Government protection | |
Z4 Government mismanagement | A4 Government mismanagement | |
Z5 Government inaction | A5 Government action |
Category | Standard | Concepts |
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Support for the government | Aa1 Government action | a1 Government satisfaction; a2 Regulatory intensity; a3 Protection measures; a4 Mismanagement; a5 Government action |
Aa2 Convenience and benefits for people | a6 Convenience of life; a7 Job opportunities; a8 Simplified procedures; a9 Subsistence allowance discount | |
Aa3 Expectations on the government | a10 Improve service level; a11 People’s livelihood; a12 Government reorganization; a13 Equality; a14 Government subsidies; a15 Tourism promotion | |
Economic integration | Aa4 Living status | a16 With family; a17 Living alone; a18 Purchased house; a19 Long-term residence; a20 Renting premises |
Aa5 Operating status | a21 Operating a restaurant; a22 Hard to rent a house; a23 Competition is fierce; a24 Normal competition; a25 Non-interference with each other; a26 Losing money; 27 Rent is expensive | |
Aa6 Personal income perception | a28 Income satisfaction; a29 Improvement of living standards; a30 Improvement of income | |
Aa7 Operating problems | a31 Operating saturation; a32 Price war; a33 Vicious competition; a34 Soliciting behavior; a35 Underfunded; a36 Shortage of labor | |
Aa8 Operating measures | a37 Price reduction; a38 Online promotion | |
Community environment | Aa9 Natural environment | a39 Garbage disposal; a40 Living environment; a41 Sanitary conditions; a42 Roads; a43 Greening; a44 Garbage collection; a45Purification plant; a46 Sewer; a47 Noise |
Aa10 Infrastructure | a48 Entertainment facilities; a49 Uneven distribution; a50 Lack of bus stops; a51 No plaza; a52 Fitness and leisure facilities; a53 Traffic inconvenience; a54 Lack of parking spaces; a55 No park | |
Aa11 Public services | a56 Public service facilities; a57 Medical care; a58 Educational facilities; a59 Renovation of old houses | |
Aa12 Tourism development | a60 Cheating customers; a61 Stagnation; a62 Industry not developing well | |
Psychological integration | Aa13 Motivation of migration | a63 Large number of tourists; a64 Pure mind; a65 Large tourist flow |
Aa14 Daily communications | a66 Contacts; a67 Interactions; a68 Willingness to communicate; a69 No conflict; a70 Harmony; a71 People have good personalities; a72 People are simple; a73 No contradictions | |
Aa15 Sense of belonging | a74 Sense of belonging; a75 Emotional connection; a76 Second hometown; a77 Close to home; a78 Half of the local people; a79 Familiar with local life; a80 Adapted to local life; a81 Unfamiliarity | |
Aa16 Future plans | a82 Off-site development; a83 Optimistic attitude; a84 Change business |
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Wu, W.; Dai, Y.; Qiu, F. The Community Integration of New Residents in the Community Reorganization at a Heritage Site: A Model Based on Tangkou in Huangshan. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4621. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094621
Wu W, Dai Y, Qiu F. The Community Integration of New Residents in the Community Reorganization at a Heritage Site: A Model Based on Tangkou in Huangshan. Sustainability. 2021; 13(9):4621. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094621
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Wenzhi, Yuxi Dai, and Fudong Qiu. 2021. "The Community Integration of New Residents in the Community Reorganization at a Heritage Site: A Model Based on Tangkou in Huangshan" Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4621. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094621