Urban or village residents? A case study of the spontaneous space transformation of the forced upstairs farmers' community in Beijing

Habitat International

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 136-146

  Li, Jie ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Wuzhati, Shuake ^b   Wen, Bufan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward space transformation; Community spatial needs; Forced upstairs farmers; Motivations of space transformation; Resettlement; Spontaneous space transformation types

Indexed keywords

FARMERS ATTITUDE; LIFESTYLE; PUBLIC SPACE; RURAL SOCIETY; SETTLEMENT PLANNING; URBANIZATION; VILLAGE;

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

EID: 84975048861     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

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