Spatial Distribution of Public Housing and Urban Socio-Spatial Inequalities: An Exploratory Analysis of the Valencia Case

Alfonso Gallego-Valadés, Francisco Ródenas-Rigla and Jorge Garcés-Ferrer
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Alfonso Gallego-Valadés: Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, 46022 València, Spain
Francisco Ródenas-Rigla: Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, 46022 València, Spain
Jorge Garcés-Ferrer: Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, 46022 València, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 20, 1-17

Abstract: The urban spatial distribution of public housing is not a widely addressed issue in Spain, from a geographical perspective. This paper analyses the spatial distribution of public housing in the city of Valencia (Spain), as well as to identify its relationship with other socio-residential characteristics of the urban environment. Different techniques of spatial point pattern analysis, exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and clustering methods are implemented. We analyse both the univariate spatial patterns of public housing and its relationship with two variables: a low-income population and median monthly rent. Analysis has revealed that public housing follows a pattern of partial agglomeration and mostly peripheral dispersion in its spatial distribution. However, there does not seem to be a univocal and immanent relationship between such distribution patterns and the characteristics of the socio-residential environment. Conversely, it is possible to point to the existence of multiple local forms of association. The lack of a clear pattern may be due to many reasons: the heterogeneity of profiles eligible for public housing, the size of the projects and the spatial dispersion in their location.

Keywords: spatial distribution; socio-spatial inequalities; public housing; urban vulnerability; urban policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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