Residential satisfaction in China's informal settlements: a case study of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
Abstract
China’s informal settlements - villages inside urbanized areas - are often characterized by local governments as dirty, chaotic, and dangerous places. This negative discourse inevitably leads to recommendations for demolition. A number of criteria have been invoked in state decisions regarding the demolition of informal settlements; however, rarely are these places evaluated from the residents’ perspective. This paper, following a long tradition of residential satisfaction research in Western nations, uses a household survey to examine this topic in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
Citation
Li, Z.; Wu, F. Residential satisfaction in China’s informal settlements: a case study of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Urban Geography (2013) 34 (7) 1-27. [DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2013.778694]