Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of Guangzhou

BackgroundThe community environment is an important factor affecting people’s residential relocation; however, existing literature has primarily focused on the objective aspects of the community environment, with less emphasis on residents’ perception of it.MethodTo address this research gap, we sel...

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Main Authors: Jie Gu, Chunxia Zhang, Xiaoxue Li, Xiao Chen
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1557220/full
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description BackgroundThe community environment is an important factor affecting people’s residential relocation; however, existing literature has primarily focused on the objective aspects of the community environment, with less emphasis on residents’ perception of it.MethodTo address this research gap, we selected 74 typical communities and collected 1,568 questionnaires across Guangzhou. We employed factor analysis to capture participants’ community environmental perception and used binary logistic regression to analyze the association between independent and dependent variables.ResultsThe results show that: (1) There is a significant association between age, household registration, and participants’ residential relocation intention; (2) Community environmental perception can be summarized into three aspects: environmental disorder perception, community attachment, and satisfaction, all of which are significantly associated with participants’ residential relocation intention; and (3) There is a positive association between perception of a disorderly environment and residents’ intention to relocation, and a negative association between community attachment and satisfaction and residents’ intention to relocation.ConclusionThis research is highly significant for enhancing our understanding of factors influencing people’s residential relocation intention and for guiding community construction.
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spelling doaj-art-23219020e9f844b98fd904e876de34ec2025-08-20T03:31:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-06-011310.3389/fpubh.2025.15572201557220Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of GuangzhouJie Gu0Chunxia Zhang1Xiaoxue Li2Xiao Chen3College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Key Laboratory of Key Technologies of Digital Urban-Rural Spatial Planning of Hunan Province, Hunan City University, Yiyang, ChinaCenter of Online Behavior Security Education and Research for College Students, School of Tourism and Business, Guangzhou Polytechnic University, Guangzhou, ChinaCenter of GeoInformatics for Public Security, School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Architecture and Urban Planning, Key Laboratory of Key Technologies of Digital Urban-Rural Spatial Planning of Hunan Province, Hunan City University, Yiyang, ChinaBackgroundThe community environment is an important factor affecting people’s residential relocation; however, existing literature has primarily focused on the objective aspects of the community environment, with less emphasis on residents’ perception of it.MethodTo address this research gap, we selected 74 typical communities and collected 1,568 questionnaires across Guangzhou. We employed factor analysis to capture participants’ community environmental perception and used binary logistic regression to analyze the association between independent and dependent variables.ResultsThe results show that: (1) There is a significant association between age, household registration, and participants’ residential relocation intention; (2) Community environmental perception can be summarized into three aspects: environmental disorder perception, community attachment, and satisfaction, all of which are significantly associated with participants’ residential relocation intention; and (3) There is a positive association between perception of a disorderly environment and residents’ intention to relocation, and a negative association between community attachment and satisfaction and residents’ intention to relocation.ConclusionThis research is highly significant for enhancing our understanding of factors influencing people’s residential relocation intention and for guiding community construction.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1557220/fullresidential relocation intentioncommunity environmental perceptionfactor analysisdisorderly environmentGuangzhou
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Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of Guangzhou
Frontiers in Public Health
residential relocation intention
community environmental perception
factor analysis
disorderly environment
Guangzhou
title Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of Guangzhou
title_full Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of Guangzhou
title_fullStr Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of Guangzhou
title_full_unstemmed Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of Guangzhou
title_short Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of Guangzhou
title_sort research on the association between community environmental perception and residents intention to relocation a case study of guangzhou
topic residential relocation intention
community environmental perception
factor analysis
disorderly environment
Guangzhou
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1557220/full
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