Abstract
The urban spatial distribution of public housing is not a widely addressed issue in Spain, from a geographical perspective. This paper analyses the spatial distribution of public housing in the city of Valencia (Spain), as well as to identify its relationship with other socio-residential characteristics of the urban environment. Different techniques of spatial point pattern analysis, exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and clustering methods are implemented. We analyse both the univariate spatial patterns of public housing and its relationship with two variables: a low-income population and median monthly rent. Analysis has revealed that public housing follows a pattern of partial agglomeration and mostly peripheral dispersion in its spatial distribution. However, there does not seem to be a univocal and immanent relationship between such distribution patterns and the characteristics of the socio-residential environment. Conversely, it is possible to point to the existence of multiple local forms of association. The lack of a clear pattern may be due to many reasons: the heterogeneity of profiles eligible for public housing, the size of the projects and the spatial dispersion in their location.
Highlights
The housing regime in Spain is characterised by the widespread predominance of home ownership versus renting [1,2,3,4,5,6]
This paper addresses these key issues: what is the spatial distribution pattern of the location of public housing in Valencia? How does this pattern relate to socio-spatial inequalities? What factors drive this relationship? With these objectives, different techniques of spatial point pattern analysis and exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) are implemented
This study has revealed that public housing in Valencia (Spain) follows a spatial distribution pattern of partial agglomeration and mostly peripheral dispersion, providing an answer to the first question
Summary
The housing regime in Spain is characterised by the widespread predominance of home ownership versus renting [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Public housing provision has adopted this general trend (Figure 1) and is mainly oriented towards promoting access to ownership through financial demand-side financial support [3,5]. The heterogeneity of rules on the access and allocation of social housing between regional governments and housing typologies [7], the temporary protection of the subsidization arrangement [4,8], and the predominance of private promotion of new public housing [8], are the most remarkable features that public housing policies have shown throughout a long-term trajectory.
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