An investigation of migrants’ residential satisfaction in Beijing

Chen, Yu; Dang, Yunxiao; Dong, Guanpeng

doi:10.1177/0042098019836918

Cited by 23 publications

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“…The issue of self-selection is more than just a methodological difficulty but reflects the fact that choice and satisfaction might be related. Chen et al (2020) find that Beijing migrants rank residential satisfaction in order from commodity housing (highest), to work-unit housing and finally to urban village housing (lowest). The order is similar to the rank of the quality of these environments.…”

Section: Social Transformation: Beyond Dichotomous State or Market Namentioning

confidence: 96%

Adding new narratives to the urban imagination: An introduction to ‘New directions of urban studies in China’

2020

Urban Studies

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Rapid urban development in China provides rich cases for urban research. Current urban studies in China are heavily influenced by an urban imagination embedded in the West. Using the cases of land management and environmental governance, social transformation and the spatial and regional dimensions of urbanisation, this article attempts to rethink some surprising findings from empirical research in Chinese cities and to contribute to theoretical understandings of urbanisation beyond contextual particularities. Following the narrative of ‘planning centrality, market instruments’ in China, this article highlights the political logic behind managing growth and environmental governance, social differentiation produced by interwoven state and market forces and new geographies of Chinese cities beyond the economic-centred imagination.

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Section: Social Transformation: Beyond Dichotomous State or Market Namentioning

confidence: 96%

Adding new narratives to the urban imagination: An introduction to ‘New directions of urban studies in China’

2020

Urban Studies

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“…The inner-city areas are then redeveloped for offices or luxury apartments. In China, there is a clear pattern of winners and losers (He and Chen, 2012; Shin, 2009; Wang and Wang, 2020; Wu, 2016b) (see Chen et al, 2020; Cui, 2020; Wang and Wang, 2020). But it is not a simple one-way process, as many of the households relocated from the inner city often lived in extremely poor, cramped housing, sometimes without water or sanitation.…”

Section: The Transformation Of Existing Urban Areas: Redevelopment Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Chinese urbanisation unique?

Hamnett

2020

Urban Studies

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The future of cities in China is becoming increasingly important, not just within China but globally. China’s urban population has grown from about 200 million in 1980 to about 800 million or 59% in 2018: that is about twice the total population of the USA and 1.5 times the total population of the EU. China has over 100 cities with over a million people. There are also more and more papers being written about urbanisation in China. However, urban development in China is very unlike urban development in the west or in many other developing countries. Despite the growth of a large, dynamic market sector, China is still a Communist country in terms of the pervasive and leading role of the party and the state. The question posed in this commentary is whether urbanisation in China is unique; or, to be more precise, whether the post-reform Chinese experience of urbanisation since around 1980 is so unusual that it constitutes an entirely unique case which lies outside conventional generalisations about urban change processes. This question links to recent discussions of comparative urbanism in which various scholars have grappled with questions about the generalisability of urban theory and experience. The tentative conclusion is that Chinese urbanisation may be unique and is certainly not easily subsumed into standard discussions about urban development and urban change.

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“…The first, from the urban informatics field, involves the use of data to measure effects on residential mobility or outcomes. This includes using objective indicators such as population, economics, and transportation (e.g., travel time and distance to work) [31]; land use and transportation accessibility [32]; the distance between residential areas and infrastructure [33]; health status [34]; population and population aging; poverty [35]; and income level [36]. Studies using these indicators have the advantage of explaining population movement between cities by way of long-term case studies, and such research has been conducted in multiple cities.…”

Section: Subjective Indicators For the Evaluation Of Neighborhood Envmentioning

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Residential Mobility and Quality of Life between Metropolitan Areas: The Case of South Korea

2020

Sustainability

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This study investigated the theory of residential mobility in terms of quality of life, focusing on convenience and the urban environment. The evaluation items (e.g., the accessibility to infrastructure, security, the environment, and social relationships) were selected based on previous studies, and a one-way ANOVA was conducted. The Korea Housing Survey was used to obtain data on the evaluations of homeowners who migrated to Seoul (the capital of South Korea) and to the surrounding metropolitan area (Gyeong-in). The regression analysis identified the factors affecting the overall satisfaction with the two destinations. The group that had migrated from Gyeong-in to Seoul was more satisfied with the medical, public, cultural, and transportation facilities than the group that had migrated from Seoul to Gyeong-in. Differences were also found between the two groups in the factors affecting their overall satisfaction with the migration destination. Factors such as satisfaction with transportation, commercial facilities, and cultural facilities affected the overall satisfaction with both destinations. However, homeownership affected the dependent variables only in Gyeong-in. The implications for potential improvements to infrastructure and housing distribution are discussed.

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An investigation of migrants’ residential satisfaction in Beijing

Cited by 23 publications

References 31 publications

Adding new narratives to the urban imagination: An introduction to ‘New directions of urban studies in China’

Adding new narratives to the urban imagination: An introduction to ‘New directions of urban studies in China’

Is Chinese urbanisation unique?

Residential Mobility and Quality of Life between Metropolitan Areas: The Case of South Korea

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