Evaluation on the Internal Public Space Quality in Affordable Housing Based on Multi-Source Data and IPA Analysis

Jie Zhao, Zhenghong Peng, Lingbo Liu, Yang Yu and Yan Yu
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Jie Zhao: Department of Urban Planning, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Zhenghong Peng: Department of Graphics and Digital Technology, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Lingbo Liu: Department of Graphics and Digital Technology, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Yang Yu: Department of Urban Planning, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Yan Yu: Department of Urban Planning, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: Much affordable housing has poor accessibility to external urban public space facilities because of its suburb location, which makes the residents’ daily life and social activities mainly depend on the internal public space of the community. Such affordable housing needs urgent upgrading of the internal public space based on the thorough understanding of the low-income residents’ demand ranking. The internal spaces’ transformation will significantly improve the living environment and the quality of residents’ life, and it also provides a way to promote social equity and sustainable urban development. By using the multi-source data and the two-step floating catchment area method, this paper selects typical affordable housing, which has poor accessibility to external urban public space, as our case study. After establishing the evaluation index system, IPA (Importance and Performance Analysis) is used to calculate the quadrant value of each index so as to clarify the upgrading urgency indexes from the residents’ demand for internal public space of affordable housing. Studies have shown that tables, chairs and pavilions, pedestrian systems, retail commercial facilities, medical and health facilities, and recreational space have the strongest urgency for upgrading; fitness facilities, exercise space, barrier-free access, guidance signs and parking lot design are the next most urgent indexes; Recreational facilities, entrances/exits of the residential area, green space in front of t residential buildings, and cultural facilities all have general urgency for upgrading.

Keywords: IPA analysis; affordable housing; internal public space; quality evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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