TY - JOUR
T1 - Work, home, and market
T2 - The social transformation of housing space in Guangzhou, China
AU - Li, Si Ming
AU - Hou, Quan
AU - Chen, Susu
AU - Zhou, Chunshan
N1 - Funding Information:
1The authors have benefitted substantially from the comments of anonymous referees. The present study is partially supported by Hong Kong Research Grant Council Grant No. HKBU2135/04H and HKBU 242907. 2Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Si-ming Li, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong; telephone: 852-3411-7121; fax: 852-3411-5990; email: [email protected]
PY - 2010/5/1
Y1 - 2010/5/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Guangzhou
KW - Housing space
KW - Principal components analysis
KW - Social transformation
KW - Urban landscape
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952131572&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2747/0272-3638.31.4.434
DO - 10.2747/0272-3638.31.4.434
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:77952131572
SN - 0272-3638
VL - 31
SP - 434
EP - 452
JO - Urban Geography
JF - Urban Geography
IS - 4
ER -
