Consuming urban living in ‘villages in the city’: Studentification in Guangzhou, China

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2849-2873

  He, Shenjing ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Guangzhou; higher education; indigenous villager; institutional arrangement; studentification; studentifier; village in the city

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FIELDWORK; HIGHER EDUCATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; VILLAGE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 84945151796     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014543703     Document Type: Article

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