Social groups and housing differentiation in China's urban villages: An institutional interpretation

Housing Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 671-691

  He, Shenjing ^a   Liu, Yuting ^b   Wu, Fulong ^c   Webster, Chris ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Housing differentiation; Institution; Social groups; Urban villages

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOW INCOME HOUSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL HOUSING; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SITE; VILLAGE;

CHINA;

EID: 77954964337     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2010.483585     Document Type: Article

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