Identity and Space on the Borderland between Old and New in Shanghai: A Case Study

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2010
Country:
China
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth
Authors:
Iossifova, D.

Abstract

China's urban geography has been dramatically altered over the past three decades. The co-presence of splinters in urban fabric—contrasting and continuously changing in terms of condition, use, and socio-cultural consistency—is symptomatic for the country's contemporary transition, suspending existing spatial and temporal disconnections particularly on the borderland in-between old and new, poor and rich, traditional and modern. Focusing on three urban groups (long-term urban residents, rural newcomers, and urban newcomers) in a district of sociospatial diversity in Shanghai, this paper examines trajectories of urban restructuring, aspects of sociospatial identification, and elements of the person-environment-relationship.

Citation

Iossifova, D. Identity and Space on the Borderland between Old and New in Shanghai: A Case Study. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (2010) 19 pp. ISBN 978-92-9230-276-4 [WIDER Working Paper No. 2010/39]

Identity and Space on the Borderland between Old and New in Shanghai: A Case Study

Published 1 January 2010
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