Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities

Abstract

Part I: Housing Inequality and Residential Differentiation 1. Housing Inequality, Residential Differentiation, and Socio-spatial Stratification: Chinese Cities in the Early 21st Century, Youqin Huang and Siming Li 2. Residential Change and Housing Inequality in Urban China in Early 21st Century: Analysis of Guangzhou Survey Data, Siming Li and Huimin Du 3. Mobility, Housing Inequality and Residential Differentiation in Transitional Urban China: A Case Study of Wuhan, Youqin Huang, Chengdong Yi, Yunyan Yang and Xiong He 4. Neighborhood Differentiation and Inequality in Nanjing: Implications for Planning a Harmonious Society, Brenda Madrazo Gonzalez Part II: Housing for Migrants and the Urban Poor 5. Migration and the Dynamics of Informal Housing in China, Ya Ping Wang, Huimin Du and Si-ming Li 6. Housing Access, Sense of Attachment, and Settlement Intention of Rural Migrants in Chinese Cities: Findings from a Twelve-City Migrant Survey, Zhiling Liu and Yujun Wang 7. Effectiveness, Efficiency and Equity - An Empirical Evaluation of the Cheap Rental Housing System in Beijing, China, Chengdong Yi and Youqin Huang Part III: Housing for the Middle Class and the Rich 8. The Gated Communities of Chateaux in China: Back to Feudalism?, Guillaume Giroir 9. The Imagination of Class and Housing Choices of the Middle Class: Case Studies in Shanghai and Beijing, Yu-ling Song 10. Living the Networked Life in the Commodity Housing Estates: Everyday Use of Online Neighborhood Forums and Community Participation in Urban China, Limei Li and Siming Li Part IV: Neighborhood Governance under Housing Commodification 11. The Contentious Democracy: Homeowners Associations in China through the Lens of Civil Society, Qiang Fu 12. Managing the Nouveaux Riches: Neighborhood Governance in Upmarket Residential Developments in Shanghai, Ngai Ming Yip and Xiaoyi Sun 13. Uneven Right to the City: Theorizing the New Communal Living Space and a New Form of Urban Politics in China, Lili Wang