Abstract
This paper analyses new trends in peri-urbanisation occurring in China after 2000, by taking Beijing as a case study. The results of the analysis show that the percentage of temporary migrant residents continues to grow in the peri-urban region, and social inequalities between local people and migrants have increased there. In particular, there is a concentration of thousands of young and well-educated migrants in the peri-urban region. New forms of urban villages have also emerged in the peri-urban region, for example, informal communities, known as ‘incomplete ownership housing’ communities, which are being developed in the peri-urban region by collective villages, rather than individual villagers. The residential demand of the middle-class groups has favoured the growth of low-density houses in the peri-urban region. These new trends are related to many transition factors, including changes in economic structure, growing market forces, increasing incomes, the emergence of a middle class, a dichotomous ...
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