Residential Space Differentiation

It refers to a segregated living phenomenon in a city. Residents with different social features live in different areas of the city, making the residential space of the city be differentiated or even isolated from each other. The residential space differentiation emerged in Chinese cities after the marketization of housing. It has become more obvious along with the introduction of affordable housing policies, for affordable housing is often located far away from the city center and, even in the same community, affordable housing is often spatially separated from commercial housing.