Shi, L., Leichtle, T., Huang, X. et al. The decreasing housing utilization efficiency in China’s cities. Nat Cities

Objective:

• Analyse the spatiotemporal evolution of China’s urban housing utilization efficiency (HUE) between 2010 and 2020

Case:

• China’s cities and subdistricts

Methodology:

• Indicator

Data Source

• Population census
• Housing: Anjuke

Findings:

• HUEs decreased from 2010 to 2020

• Cities in higher tiers exhibited higher HUEs, which a decrease as the tier lowered

• Cities in the southeastern coastal area of China featured the highest HUEs

• Subdistricts located in the center layer generally featured the lowest average HUEs across China; with an increase in spatial distance to the city center

Coding Reference:

• Python Spider