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Suburban Residential Development in China: A Case Study of Jiangning District in the City of Nanjing
This research aims to explore the heterogeneous types of suburban residential developments in China and the motivating factors in residential relocation. Furthermore, it explores the link between the development process and dynamics and also provides an empirical case for enriching suburban studies. It is commonly believed that the current form of suburbanisation in China is created by rapid land use transformation and spatial reconfiguration following the establishment of a land market. The emerging suburban development is dominated by a top-down strategy of urbanisation, which is attempting to transform state-led industrialisation to a market-oriented land system. Despite the dominant role of government in creating diverse forms of residential suburbs in China, all sectors have been involved in the transformation of rural land for urban use in the contemporary suburban development. The central focus of this research is to explore Chinese residential suburbs, guided by the following three questions: What are the patterns of suburban residential areas in China? How are these patterns formed in Chinese suburbanisation? How is suburban residential development socially shaped by diverse residents and sectors. The study is based on an in-depth case study of Nanjing and one of its suburban districts, Jiangning. Qualitative critical analysis, quantitative social analysis, and statistical analysis are used in this study. While massive suburbanisation has recently emerged in China through the strategy of new town development, massive newly built residential suburbs are developing throughout Chinese cities. A land-centred accumulation regime promotes both real estate development and industrial development, which mutually support each other. Moreover, the unprecedented speed of economic growth and the urbanisation process result in massive housing demands in the urban-peripheries of Nanjing. The current highly centralised and authoritarian governance of suburban development, through a separate institutional body, acts as ...
Suburban Residential Development in China: A Case Study of Jiangning District in the City of Nanjing
This research aims to explore the heterogeneous types of suburban residential developments in China and the motivating factors in residential relocation. Furthermore, it explores the link between the development process and dynamics and also provides an empirical case for enriching suburban studies. It is commonly believed that the current form of suburbanisation in China is created by rapid land use transformation and spatial reconfiguration following the establishment of a land market. The emerging suburban development is dominated by a top-down strategy of urbanisation, which is attempting to transform state-led industrialisation to a market-oriented land system. Despite the dominant role of government in creating diverse forms of residential suburbs in China, all sectors have been involved in the transformation of rural land for urban use in the contemporary suburban development. The central focus of this research is to explore Chinese residential suburbs, guided by the following three questions: What are the patterns of suburban residential areas in China? How are these patterns formed in Chinese suburbanisation? How is suburban residential development socially shaped by diverse residents and sectors. The study is based on an in-depth case study of Nanjing and one of its suburban districts, Jiangning. Qualitative critical analysis, quantitative social analysis, and statistical analysis are used in this study. While massive suburbanisation has recently emerged in China through the strategy of new town development, massive newly built residential suburbs are developing throughout Chinese cities. A land-centred accumulation regime promotes both real estate development and industrial development, which mutually support each other. Moreover, the unprecedented speed of economic growth and the urbanisation process result in massive housing demands in the urban-peripheries of Nanjing. The current highly centralised and authoritarian governance of suburban development, through a separate institutional body, acts as ...
Suburban Residential Development in China: A Case Study of Jiangning District in the City of Nanjing
Zhu, Tianke (author) / Wu, F / Phelps, N / Zhang, F
2019-04-28
Doctoral thesis, UCL (University College London).
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English
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