The rise of education-featured gated communities in Chinese cities: (Re)producing the enterprising self via the entrepreneurial local state–capital nexus
Since the 1990s, an emerging form of gated communities (GCs) packaging K-12 schools with tailor-made residential services, termed education-featured gated communities (edu-featured GCs) by the author, has transformed the residential and education landscapes in Chinese cities. Drawing on an empirical investigation mainly in the birthplace of edu-featured GCs, Guangzhou, this research examines how the entrepreneurial local state leverages private investments and orchestrates the (re)production of the enterprising self to give rise to edu-featured GCs.
Policy-driven education-led gentrification and its spatiotemporal dynamics: Evidence from Shanghai, China
As a highly sought-after resource by parents, quality schools exert a strong influence on the housing market and other aspects of social life worldwide. Drawing on a longitudinal housing transaction (2011–2020) dataset covering 762 residential neighbourhoods in Shanghai, the largest and most developed city in China, this research quantitatively examines the process of gentrification driven by the accessibility to educational resources and its spatiotemporal dynamics. Therefore, this study adds novel conceptual and empirical insights to the scholarship of education-led gentrification in non-Western contexts in particular and the literature on the geographies of education in general.
A social-media-based approach to assessing the effectiveness of equitable housing policy in mitigating education accessibility induced social inequalities in Shanghai, China
Social inequalities induced by education accessibility are widespread and concern land use policy makers globally. Yet much of existing research heavily emphasizes on uncovering the spatial patterns of housing price in relation to education resources. This paper aims to renew our understanding of this classical topic by bringing the importance of temporal and institutional dynamics to the fore. This study demonstrates a novel methodological framework for evaluating the social consequence of equitable housing policy based on social media data. It unravels how housing rental changes with school district division and the capitalization effect of school quality in housing rental prices.
