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As presented in Chap. 1, this study aims to formulate recommendations for developing healthy neighborhoods in China’s suburban environments by investigating the health performance of suburban residents and the factors of the neighborhood environment influencing the health. Three research questions are proposed: (1) What is the health performance of the residents in SCHEs of Guangzhou? (2) What factors derived from SCHEs’ living environment affected the health performance of residents, and how? (3) How have the institutional factors in housing development caused the health implications of the neighborhood living environment?

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Referring to the eight super large, packaged and gated communities developed from the late 1990s, lasting one decades. Including: Country Garden (Huanan Biguiyuan), Huanan New Town (Huanan xincheng), Agile Garden (Yajule Huayuan), Guangdi Garden (Guangdi Huayuan), Clifford Estate (Qifu xincun), Star River (Xinhewan), Global Villa (Jinxiu xiangjiang), Nanguo Olympic Garden (Nanguo aolinpike huayuan).

  2. 2.

    Sampling frame is the operational definition of the population.

  3. 3.

    http://fac.arch.hku.hk/upad/apnhr/wplogin.php?redirect_to=%3A%2F%2Ffac.arch.hku.hk%2Fupad%2Fapnhr%2Fwpadmin%2F&reauth.

  4. 4.

    Source: http://luopu.panyu.gov.cn/.

  5. 5.

    Source: http://www.nancun.gov.cn/ShowInfo.aspx?id=20120704102500265554943000625000.

  6. 6.

    The number of residents is calculated based on the interview with housing managers in GV, please refer to the Appendix 1.

  7. 7.

    = 22230*(1–21.46%). According to the Sixth Census of Panyu District, 21.46% is the percentage of the residents younger than 20 among the total residents in LNT.

  8. 8.

    = 29520*(1–18.76%). According to the Sixth Census of Panyu District, 18.76% is the percentage of the residents younger than 20 among the total residents in AG.

  9. 9.

    = 17421*[1–20.14%]. According to the Sixth Census of Panyu District, 20.14% is the percentage of the residents younger than 20 among the total residents in GV.

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Zhang, T. (2024). Analytical Framework and Research Method. In: Towards Healthy Settlements. Urban Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1207-6_4

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