Building a global city: Negotiating the massive influx of floating population in Shanghai

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-50

  Wong, Tai Chee ^a   Yeow, Mun Ching ^a   Zhu, Xuan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Floating population; Global city; Marginalisation; Residence permit; Slums; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANT WORKER; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD CITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI; WORLD;

EID: 15844397615     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-005-6763-0     Document Type: Article

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