Investigate Jobs–Housing Spatial Relationship with Individual-Based Mobility Big Data of Public Housing Tenants: A Case Study in Chongqing, China

Dwelling and working are two of the most fundamental urban functions. The jobs–housing relationship is pertinent to a city’s spatial and social structure. By using macro-level statistical data and micro-level mobile phone data, this paper innovatively adapts a way to explore the jobs– housing characteristics of public housing tenants in Chongqing, China. It finds that both external and internal factors matter. This study might provide some useful implications for further policy-making on public housing planning, and the research method could be used to examine urban spatial relationships further.