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Article: Informality and the development and demolition of urban villages in the Chinese peri-urban area
Title | Informality and the development and demolition of urban villages in the Chinese peri-urban area |
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Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://usj.sagepub.com/ |
Citation | Urban Studies, 2013, v. 50 n. 10, p. 1919-1934 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The fate of Chinese urban villages (chengzhongcun) has recently attracted both research and policy attention. Two important unaddressed questions are: what are the sources of informality in otherwise orderly Chinese cities; and, will village redevelopment policy eliminate informality in the Chinese city? Reflecting on the long-established study of informal settlements and recent research on informality, it is argued that the informality in China has been created by the dual urban–rural land market and land management system and by an underprovision of migrant housing. The redevelopment of chengzhongcun is an attempt to eliminate this informality and to create more governable spaces through formal land development; but since it fails to tackle the root demand for unregulated living and working space, village redevelopment only leads to the replication of informality in more remote rural villages, in other urban neighbourhoods and, to some extent, in the redeveloped neighbourhoods. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/184045 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.806 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wu, F | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, F | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Webster, CJ | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-20T08:27:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-20T08:27:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Urban Studies, 2013, v. 50 n. 10, p. 1919-1934 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0042-0980 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/184045 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The fate of Chinese urban villages (chengzhongcun) has recently attracted both research and policy attention. Two important unaddressed questions are: what are the sources of informality in otherwise orderly Chinese cities; and, will village redevelopment policy eliminate informality in the Chinese city? Reflecting on the long-established study of informal settlements and recent research on informality, it is argued that the informality in China has been created by the dual urban–rural land market and land management system and by an underprovision of migrant housing. The redevelopment of chengzhongcun is an attempt to eliminate this informality and to create more governable spaces through formal land development; but since it fails to tackle the root demand for unregulated living and working space, village redevelopment only leads to the replication of informality in more remote rural villages, in other urban neighbourhoods and, to some extent, in the redeveloped neighbourhoods. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://usj.sagepub.com/ | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Urban Studies | en_US |
dc.title | Informality and the development and demolition of urban villages in the Chinese peri-urban area | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Webster, CJ: cwebster@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Webster, CJ=rp01747 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0042098012466600 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84879831814 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1919 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 1934 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000321307600001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0042-0980 | - |