ISBN:
9783319537801
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 136 p. 30 illus., 13 illus. in color, online resource)
Series Statement:
Springer Geography
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Series Statement:
Earth and Environmental Science
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Saitluanga, Benjamin L. Himalayan quality of life
Parallel Title:
Printed edition
Keywords:
Medical research
;
Urban geography
;
Development economics
;
Social structure
;
Social inequality
;
Quality of life
;
Geography
Abstract:
The book is a study of intra-urban inequality in quality of life (QOL) in Aizawl city. The main objectives of the study include analysis of processes and patterns of social differentiation along the three-dimensional space of Aizawl city as well as analysis of spatial inequality in QOL at the lowest administrative structure of the city. An investigation into spatial pattern of residential differentiation was done at both horizontal and vertical spaces. Spatial variation in well-being of residents of Aizawl city and the quality of their immediate environment was also studied by taking both objective and subjective indicators. The study employed a number of descriptive, inferential and multivariate statistical techniques including correlation, factor analysis, principal component analysis, cluster analysis and spatial autocorrelation methods like Moran’s I and Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA). Mapping techniques and graphical methods like Choropleth map, histogram and line graph were also used. 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 objectiv ...
Abstract:
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Geographical Introduction to Aizawl City -- Chapter 3. Methods of Analysis -- Chapter 4. Residential Differentiation in Aizawl City -- Chapter 5. Quality of Life in Aizawl City -- Chapter 6. Conclusion
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-53780-1
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