As China races towards modernity, its cities are experiencing an unprecedented surge in urbanisation, characterised by a relentless influx of migrants and sprawling expansion into suburban realms. Shiyu Yang draws upon Henri Lefebvre's influential theoretical framework and applies it to case studies of two urban villages in Beijing to examine how migrants shape the social production of space in these districts. With a wealth of first-hand material from the field, this study provides essential insights into the ongoing processes and social dynamics that resonate with scholars from cross-disciplinary urban studies as well as practitioners in governance and urban planning.
Price: $55.00
Pages: 236
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
23 April 2024
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837669145
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Shiyu Yang, born in 1992, is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture and Design at Beijing Jiaotong University, China. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from Tsinghua University, China, and her PhD in urban planning and design from Universität Stuttgart, Germany, where she was awarded the highest distinction. Her research interests span the fields of informality, migration, spatial theory, and architectural theory and design. Her work has been presented at international conferences such as IFoU, AESOP, N-AERUS and CUD.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Abstract 9
1. Introduction 11
2. Theory of space production 21
3. Discourse on informality, and informality in China 35
4. Discourse on migration and internal rural-urban migration in China 47
5. Conceptual framework 61
6. Urbanisation and urban villages in China 65
7. The two case villages: Shigezhuang village and Dongxindian village 77
8. The space of governance and negotiation 85
9. The space of everyday life 121
10. The space of two-directional linkage 155
11. Synthesis - the spatial triad in the context of urban villages in China 173
12. Conclusions and outlook 187
Acknowledgements 193
References 195
Appendix: Overview of the interviewees 207
List of tables 231
List of figures 233
