Public Disclosure Authorized Chongqing New Urbanization Pilot & Demonstration Project Jiulongpo Urban Regeneration Subproject Public Disclosure Authorized Social Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Jiulongpo District Government Chongqing Inturer Technology Development Co., Ltd. March 2018 2 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF THE SUBPROJECT ..................................................................................................... 7 1.1.1 Background of the Subproject .................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1.2 Scope of the Subproject ................................................................................................................................................. 7 1.2 OVERVIEW OF SA ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 1.2.1 Tasks .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2.2 Subjects and scope ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2.3 Key concerns ........................................................................................................................................................................ 9 1.2.4 Methods ................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 2 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE SUBPROJECT AREA ................................................................. 12 2.1 ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 12 2.2 DEMOGRAPHICS ................................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.3 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT..................................................................................................................... 13 3 SAMPLING SURVEY OF THE SUBPROJECT AREA .................................................................................. 15 3.1 SAMPLING METHOD ........................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.1 Screening of target communities ............................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Determination of sample size ....................................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE ............................................................................................................................................. 19 3.2.1 AGE AND GENDER .............................................................................................................................................................. 19 3.2.2 EDUCATIONAL LEVEL ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.3 EMPLOYMENT ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.4 INCOME ................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 4 STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................. 22 4.1 STAKEHOLDER IDENTIFICATION ..................................................................................................................................... 22 4.1.1 PRINCIPLES FOR STAKEHOLDER CLASSIFICATION ............................................................................................. 22 4.1.2 NEEDS OF STAKEHOLDERS ......................................................................................................................................... 22 4.2 DEMAND ANALYSIS OF STAKEHOLDERS ..................................................................................................................... 23 4.3 DEMAND ANALYSIS AND KEY CONCERNS OF AFFECTED RESIDENTS ............................................................... 24 3 4.3.1 RESIDENTS’ NEEDS FOR AND KEY CONCERNS ABOUT SLOW TRAFFIC FOOTPATHS ................................... 24 4.3.2 RESIDENTS’ NEEDS FOR AND KEY CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC SPACES .......................................................... 26 5 SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................. 31 5.1 URBAN SLOW TRAFFIC SYSTEM RENEWAL ............................................................................................................. 31 5.1.1 POSITIVE IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 31 5.1.2 NEGATIVE IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 5.2 PUBLIC SPACE RENEWAL ................................................................................................................................................ 33 5.2.1 POSITIVE IMPACTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 33 5.2.2 NEGATIVE IMPACTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 34 5.3 MEASURES TO MITIGATE NEGATIVE IMPACTS........................................................................................................... 35 5.3.1 Negative environmental impacts ............................................................................................................................ 35 5.3.2 Adverse safety impacts ................................................................................................................................................ 36 5.3.3 Negative impacts on special groups .................................................................................................................... 36 6 POVERTY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................. 37 6.1 LOCAL POOR POPULATION .............................................................................................................................................. 37 6.1.1 MLS population ................................................................................................................................................................. 37 6.1.2 Very poor population ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 6.1.3 Floating population ......................................................................................................................................................... 39 6.1.4 Disabled population ........................................................................................................................................................ 39 6.2 IMPACTS ON POOR POPULATION ................................................................................................................................... 40 6.2.1 Positive impacts................................................................................................................................................................ 40 6.2.2 Negative impacts ............................................................................................................................................................. 40 6.2.3 Measures to mitigate negative impacts ............................................................................................................. 41 7 SOCIAL GENDER ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................. 42 7.1 LOCAL WOMEN’S PERCEPTIONS OF, NEEDS FOR AND SUGGESTIONS ON THE SUBPROJECT ................ 42 7.1.1 Situation of local women ............................................................................................................................................. 42 7.1.2 Statistics of female samples in the questionnaire survey ....................................................................... 42 7.1.3 Women’s main needs for the Subproject 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