Residential Mobility and Urban Restructuring under Market Transition: A Study of Guangzhou, China

Si Ming LI; Yat Ming Siu

doi:10.1111/0033-0124.00281

Residential Mobility and Urban Restructuring under Market Transition: A Study of Guangzhou, China

Si Ming LI^*, Yat Ming Siu

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Department of Geography

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Abstract

Residential mobility can be conceptualized as an outcome of a choice process exercised under complex institutional and personal constraints. China's rather unique pattern of housing market segmentation under market transition impinges directly on residential location and relocation. Drawing upon data from a sample survey, this paper analyzes the pattern of residential moves resulting from commodity housing construction in a major Chinese city, Guangzhou. Most moves are of short distance, although the general direction is towards the urban periphery. Danweis and the municipal housing bureau, rather than the market per se, are the primary driving forces behind suburbanization in China today.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	219-229
Number of pages	11
Journal	Professional Geographer
Volume	53
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/0033-0124.00281
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2001

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Danwei
Guangzhou
Housing bureau
Housing market segmentation
Residential mobility

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