Challenges for housing rural-to-urban migrants in Beijing

Habitat International

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 268-277

  Yu, Li ^a,b   Cai, Haipeng ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c China Academy of Urban Planning and Design   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Housing; Migrants; Rented basement

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOUSING POLICY; HOUSING PROVISION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

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

EID: 84880314026     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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