Residential relocation under market-oriented redevelopment: the process and outcomes in urban China
Residential relocation under market-oriented redevelopment: the process and outcomes in urban China
Residential displacement by urban regeneration in western economies and forced relocation in the Third World countries are contentious issues. This paper, based on a household survey in Shanghai, examines the process and outcomes of residential relocation under market-oriented urban redevelopment in China. The results show that commodification of the socialist tenancy right helped to initiate large-scale urban redevelopment. First, there has been a complicated process of negotiation during residential relocation, involving residents, development companies, and government agencies. The de facto right of public housing tenants is considered by a pragmatic attitude in urban redevelopment in the early years. Second, residential relocation is accompanied by the changes in housing tenure, housing conditions, and the improved built form of planned residential districts. Nevertheless, the social conflict has become intensified recently because the deepening of commodification began to favour property developers by constraining the compensation standard for relocated households.
residential relocation, residential mobility, commodity housing, urban redevelopment, shanghai, china
453-470
Wu, F.
8e851da7-93c0-4ba2-a5ae-8a4cf0779895
2004
Wu, F.
8e851da7-93c0-4ba2-a5ae-8a4cf0779895
Wu, F.
(2004)
Residential relocation under market-oriented redevelopment: the process and outcomes in urban China.
Geoforum, 35 (4), .
(doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2003.10.001).
Abstract
Residential displacement by urban regeneration in western economies and forced relocation in the Third World countries are contentious issues. This paper, based on a household survey in Shanghai, examines the process and outcomes of residential relocation under market-oriented urban redevelopment in China. The results show that commodification of the socialist tenancy right helped to initiate large-scale urban redevelopment. First, there has been a complicated process of negotiation during residential relocation, involving residents, development companies, and government agencies. The de facto right of public housing tenants is considered by a pragmatic attitude in urban redevelopment in the early years. Second, residential relocation is accompanied by the changes in housing tenure, housing conditions, and the improved built form of planned residential districts. Nevertheless, the social conflict has become intensified recently because the deepening of commodification began to favour property developers by constraining the compensation standard for relocated households.
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Published date: 2004
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residential relocation, residential mobility, commodity housing, urban redevelopment, shanghai, china
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/15534
ISSN: 0016-7185
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