Wu, Fulong
(2017).
The development of migrant villages under China's rapid Urbanization: implications for poverty and slum policies.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
Economic and Social Research Council.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-850682
Data description (abstract)
With rising social inequality in China, housing insecurity in informal migrant settlements known as chengzhongcun (urban villages) became a significant issue. In the suburbs of Beijing, former villages are turned into migrants' production sites; in the peri-urban areas of Shanghai, co-renting in the same room has become highly controversial; in Guangzhou, urban villages are becoming a 'thriving' world of their own, lacking basic infrastructure.
Are these migrant settlements slums? According to the operational definition by UN-HABITAT, these settlements can indeed be viewed as slums. How different are they from slums in other developing countries?
The project investigates the dynamics of migrant village formation, examine redevelopment practices and policies, and to identify the scope for progressive upgrading as an alternative approach. The project samples 15 migrant villages in three major cities (Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou) in China and applies qualitative and quantitative methods to identify the housing tenure, socioeconomic profiles, landlords' self construction tactics, migrants' coping strategies, and existing and new institutions as appropriate vehicles for in-situ redevelopment.
The project aims to inform Chinese policy makers and provide learning feedback to the wider international development community, offering new experiences in coping with the 'challenge of slums'.
| Data creators: |
| Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Wu Fulong |
Cardiff University |
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| Contributors: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Ning Yuemin |
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| Li Zhigang |
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| Gu Chaolin |
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| He Shenjing |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
RES-167-25-0448
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| Topic classification: |
Society and culture
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| Date published: |
22 Dec 2012 11:36
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| Last modified: |
11 Jul 2017 14:54
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 1 June 2010 | 30 September 2012 |
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| Country: |
China |
| Data collection method: |
The data was collected through face to face interview in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in 2010. For each city, 20 'urban villages' were randomly selected from the list of villages. 20 households were randomly selected by way of a random start address with fixed intervals. This address-based approach is widely used in Chinese household surveys because there is no official list for migrants. The address-based approach is able to account for the migrant population better than other household registers. In total, we collected 1208 valid questionnaires. |
| Observation unit: |
Household, Individual |
| Kind of data: |
Numeric |
| Type of data: |
Qualitative and mixed methods data |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
The data do not contain specific personal information which can be identified or linked with individuals. The data is an anonymous dataset. The procedure of data collection is governed by the ethnic guidance and the approval had been sorted before data collection.
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| Rights owners: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Wu Fulong |
Cardiff University |
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| Contact: |
| Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
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| Wu, Fulong | fulong.wu@ucl.ac.uk | Cardiff University | Unspecified |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
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| Publisher: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Last modified: |
11 Jul 2017 14:54
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