TY - JOUR
T1 - Residential Mobility and Urban Restructuring under Market Transition
T2 - A Study of Guangzhou, China
AU - Li, Si-Ming
AU - Siu, Yat-Ming
N1 - Funding Information:
*The research for this article was supported by Hong Kong Research Grants Council Grant No. RGC/94-95/24 and Hong Kong Baptist University Research Grant No. FRG 96-97/II-92. This article has benefited substantially from the detailed and helpful comments given by Dr. Stuart Aitken and three anonymous referees on earlier drafts. The remaining errors are, of course, the authors’. The authors would also like to acknowledge the following people or entities who have given assistance during various stages of the research: Dr. Bernie Owen, Dr. Christopher Airriess, Dr. Ken Wong, Dr. Simon Zhao, Miss Yin-Ha Tang, Miss Fionne Fan, Mr. Benson Choi, and the Center of Urban and Regional Studies, Zhongshan University.
PY - 2001/5/1
Y1 - 2001/5/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Danwei
KW - Guangzhou
KW - Housing bureau
KW - Housing market segmentation
KW - Residential mobility
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U2 - 10.1111/0033-0124.00281
DO - 10.1111/0033-0124.00281
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0035009153
SN - 0033-0124
VL - 53
SP - 219
EP - 229
JO - Professional Geographer
JF - Professional Geographer
IS - 2
ER -
