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Urban Nomads Building Shanghai Migrant Workers and the Construction Process Ulrike Bronner, Clarissa Reikersdorfer
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bronner, Ulrike <p>Ulrike Bronner, Vienna University of Technology, Austria</p>, Author.
- Reikersdorfer, Clarissa <p>Clarissa Reikersdorfer, University of Liechtenstein and Vienna University of Technology, Austria</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Urban studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
- Urban Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Construction Process.
- Migration.
- Shanghai.
- China.
- Fair Building.
- Social Sustainability.
- City.
- Work.
- Urban Studies.
- Sociology of Work and Industry.
- Asia.
- Sociology.
- Local Subjects:
- Construction Process.
- Migration.
- Shanghai.
- China.
- Fair Building.
- Social Sustainability.
- City.
- Work.
- Urban Studies.
- Sociology of Work and Industry.
- Asia.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Bronner/Reikersdorfer (eds.), Urban Nomads Building Shanghai Migrant Workers and the Construction Process
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2016
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Ulrike Bronner (Dipl.-Ing.) is working in an interdisciplinary team offering strategic consultancy services for construction projects. Her focus lies on the communication between project stakeholders.
- Clarissa Reikersdorfer (Dipl.-Ing.) is a Research Fellow at the Chair for Sustainable Spatial Development at the University of Liechtenstein. She works on sustainability issues and responsibility of architects.
- Summary:
- This book takes a close look at the interrelated phenomena of international business migrants and rural migrant workers in Shanghai. Through separate case studies it observes them in parallel and sheds light on the spatial implications of both groups' migrant status. The authors' uncovering of harsh and inadequate living and working conditions affecting rural migrant workers in the construction industry in Shanghai leads to the development of a concept of »Fair Building«, a socially-conscious architecture that calls for accountability in ensuring that stakeholders involved in the construction process contribute to a sustainable urbanization.
- Besprochen in:Asia Bridge, 10 (2016)
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Table of Content 5 Preface 7 Introduction 11 1. Interacting with Urban China 19 2. People in Motion 31 3. Urban Nomads 45 4. Shanghai - Head of the Concrete Dragon 55 5. Global Urban Nomads 63 6. Rural Urban Nomads 81 7. Reflecting on Urban Nomads 101 8. Prospects 111 Acknowledgement 119 Glossary 121 Bibliography 125 Table of Figures 137
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839433447
- 3839433444
- OCLC:
- 953266788
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