Overview
- A rare study on quality of life in hill cities
- Offers a detailed and in-depth survey on literatures pertaining to quality of life from multidisciplinary perspective
- Provides a detailed study on vertical differentiation in urban space which will get the attention of urban scholars
- Includes extensive application of both aspatial and spatial quantitative techniques is also another uniqueness of the book
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)
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With the help of factor analysis, the social space of Aizawl city was found to be differentiated along socio-economic status, family status, household size status, workers status and ethnic status. The most important factor determining residential differentiation was socio-economic status. Choropleth map of factor scores reveals that the inner city localities were dominated by high socio-economic class while poorer people dominated the peripheries. Non-local ethnic minorities were few but concentrated in some adjoining peripheral localities as well as in inner city localities which have been inhabited by their ancestors since the colonial period.
Vertical pattern of residential differentiation was also analyzed by taking income variable as a proxy of socio-economic status. Multi-storey buildings in Aizawl city were co-inhabited by both richer people and poorer people. The richer people were found at the top floors while the poorer people occupied the basement floors. Normally, the owners of the buildings were found at the top floors while the basement floors were dominated by the renters.
Spatial variation in QOL was measured with the help of principal component analysis as a weighting technique by taking variables pertaining to both objective and subjective QOL dimensions. The values of composite QOL index showed that the central localities have scored better than their peripheral counterparts. Correlation analysis of the relationship between objective indicators and subjective indicators provided a low positive value indicating the absence of relationship between the two dimensions of quality of life.
Spatial autocorrelation analysis was also performed to see the pattern of clustering of spatially weighted QOL variables across Local Councils. With the help of Global Moran’s I, spatial clusters and spatial outliers were observed for objective dimension of QOL within the study area. The value of Moran’s I was found to be insignificant for subjective QOL dimension indicating the absence of significant pattern of clustering.
The study also identified 7 social areas of Aizawl city on the basis of factor scores and composite scores of QOL variables calculated for all Local Councils. The identification of clusters was taken out with the help of hierarchical clustering method of cluster analysis. These clusters were labeled appropriate names and their characteristics were described in detail. The thesis concluded with recommendation of designating these social areas as ‘social development planning zones’ for obtaining inclusive development.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Geography and Resource Management, Mizoram University Dept. of Geography & Resource Management, Aizawl, India
Benjamin L. Saitluanga
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Himalayan Quality of Life
Book Subtitle: A Study of Aizawl City
Authors: Benjamin L. Saitluanga
Series Title: Springer Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53780-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53779-5Published: 27 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85242-3Published: 08 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53780-1Published: 18 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2194-315X
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3168
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 136
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Quality of Life Research, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Development Economics