The settlement intention of China's floating population in the cities: Recent changes and multifaceted individual-level determinants

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-267

  Zhu, Yu ^a   Chen, Wenzhe ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Determinants; Floating population; Recent changes; Settlement intention in the cities

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

CHINA; FUJIAN;

EID: 77954250026     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.544     Document Type: Article

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