Work, home, and market: The social transformation of housing space in Guangzhou, China

Si Ming LI; Quan Hou; Susu Chen; Chunshan Zhou

doi:10.2747/0272-3638.31.4.434

Work, home, and market: The social transformation of housing space in Guangzhou, China

Si Ming LI^*, Quan Hou, Susu Chen, Chunshan Zhou

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Abstract

Principal components analysis of small-area data provided by China's 2000 Population Census shows that major new economic and social forces largely shape the spatial composition of housing in Guangzhou. This is generally manifested in a series of concentric rings: the old urban core, the middle zone of reform housing, and the outer ring of new commodity housing. In addition, urban villages punctuate the metropolitan landscape. Corresponding analysis of sociodemographic attributes depict a metropolis in transition, with market elements and choice-based housing decisions beginning to impinge on the urban fabric. However, the deeply entrenched socialist institutions established during the early years of the People's Republic ensure the continuing dominance of the workplace and occupational attributes as factors structuring China's metropolitan space.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	434-452
Number of pages	19
Journal	Urban Geography
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.31.4.434
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2010

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Urban Studies

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Guangzhou
Housing space
Principal components analysis
Social transformation
Urban landscape

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