Abstract:

With the ongoing process of globalization, the social space of a metropolis in China has witnessed profound changes, one of which is the residential differentiation that has appeared in various geographic scales.The reasons of residential spatial differentiations in China differ from those of other countries.The primary reasons of accelerating differentiation lie in the social stratification triggered by the gap of income and the concept of "city management" held by government.These two factors have contributed to segregation and congregation of different social classes, which has consequently exerted influences on disadvantaged groups in terms of provisions of public goods.The mixed-income housing is a solution to alter residential differentiations.However, separated residence for different social classes is an inevitable trend in consideration of commercialized urban real estate markets.Therefore the effectiveness of mixed-income housing depends on certain economic and political bases, in particular government's active leading role.

Key words: residential differentiation, separated residence, mixed-income housing, metropolis