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Feasibility analysis of mixed-income housing in China

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In this paper, it is demonstrated that mixed-income housing is a feasible and beneficial pattern nowadays. This pattern is propitious for good living and harmonious development of society. Based on practice, data are gathered from the field, and the social investment and social distance analysis of the social network theory are used from the perspective of cross-disciplinary fields. The hypothesis is tested and the feasible and beneficial characteristics of mixed-income housing are pointed out.

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  1. City Planning and Design Institute, Dalian, 116012, China

    Tian Ye

  2. College of Sociology, University of Police Science and Law, Beijing, 100088, China

    Bi Xiangyang

  3. College of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Li Dexiang

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Translated from Architecture Journal, 2006, 4: 36–39 [译自: 建筑学报]

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Tian, Y., Bi, X. & Li, D. Feasibility analysis of mixed-income housing in China. Front. Archit. Civ. Eng. China 1, 371–377 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11709-007-0050-y

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