Understanding the relationship between population and the built environment is essential for addresing socio-spatial inequalities. While researchers have long theorized these dynamics, empirical analyses remain limited. This study develops a scalable, spatially explicit framework to quantify the relationship between population and the built environment at the scale of local census tracts in Czechia. The approach integrates a fine-grained classification of the built environment with a comprehensive set of socio-demographic indicators. The methodology is structured to capture the overall strength and spatial variability of the relationship between the population and the built environment, in order to identify how built form and spatial distribution can reinforce or limit socio-spatial differentiation, using geographically weighted classification models. The results of the study show that population characteristics exhibit linear, spatially conditioned relationships with built form, emphasizing that spatial heterogeneity must be accounted for when assessing these relationships. The analysis of the relationship strength also reveals that some built form types are more socially selective than others, underscoring the importance of built form in reproducing social-spatial inequalities.

翻译：理解人口与建成环境之间的关系对于解决社会空间不平等至关重要。尽管研究者长期以来对这些动态关系进行了理论探讨，但实证分析仍然有限。本研究开发了一个可扩展、空间显式的框架，用于在捷克地方人口普查区尺度上量化人口与建成环境的关系。该方法将建成环境的细粒度分类与一套全面的社会人口指标相结合。该研究框架旨在捕捉人口与建成环境关系的整体强度与空间变异性，通过地理加权分类模型识别建成形态与空间分布如何强化或限制社会空间分化。研究结果表明，人口特征与建成形态呈现线性的空间条件关系，强调评估这些关系时必须考虑空间异质性。对关系强度的分析还揭示，某些建成形态类型比其他类型具有更强的社会选择性，这凸显了建成形态在再生产社会空间不平等中的重要作用。