Urban villages in China: A 2008 survey of migrant settlements in Beijing

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-446

  Zheng, Siqi ^a   Long, Fenjie ^a   Fan, C Cindy ^b   Gu, Yizhen ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Chengzhongcun; China; Housing; Rent; Rural settlements; Rural urban migration; Urban villages; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL CITY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSING MARKET; MIGRANT WORKER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENTAL SECTOR; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; URBANIZATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 76149143419     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.4.425     Document Type: Article

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