Space Production by Migrants in China's Urban Villages The Case of Beijing Shiyu Yang

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Yang, Shiyu <p>Shiyu Yang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China</p>, Author.

Series:

Habitat-International: Schriften zur internationalen Urbanistik

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban Planning.

Migration.

Space.

Modernization.

China.

Beijing.

City.

Urban Studies.

Sociology.

Local Subjects:

Urban Planning.

Migration.

Space.

Modernization.

China.

Beijing.

City.

Urban Studies.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Yang, Space Production by Migrants The Case of Beijing

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2023

Biography/History:

Shiyu Yang, born in 1992, is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture and Design at Beijing Jiaotong University, China. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from Tsinghua University, China, and her PhD in urban planning and design from Universität Stuttgart, Germany, where she was awarded the highest distinction. Her research interests span the fields of informality, migration, spatial theory, and architectural theory and design. Her work has been presented at international conferences such as IFoU, AESOP, N-AERUS and CUD.

Summary:

As China races towards modernity, its cities are experiencing an unprecedented surge in urbanisation, characterised by a relentless influx of migrants and sprawling expansion into suburban realms. Shiyu Yang draws upon Henri Lefebvre's influential theoretical framework and applies it to case studies of two urban villages in Beijing to examine how migrants shape the social production of space in these districts. With a wealth of first-hand material from the field, this study provides essential insights into the ongoing processes and social dynamics that resonate with scholars from cross-disciplinary urban studies as well as practitioners in governance and urban planning.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abstract

1. Introduction

1.1 Background

1.2 Research questions and methodology

Research questions

Research methodology

1.3 Overview of the book

PART I

2. Theory of space production

2.1 Social space and space production

2.1.1 Definition of social space

2.1.2 Significance of studying the production of space

2.1.3 Space production and the right to the city

2.2 Spatial triad

2.2.1 An introduction to spatial trialectics

2.2.2 Representations of space - the mental field as dominance of space

2.2.3 Spatial practices - the physical field as the basis of production

2.2.4 Spaces of representation - the social field with an individual origin

2.3 Space production in China

2.3.1 Lefebvre's understanding of space production in China

2.3.2 The application of the theory of space production in studies of urban China

3. Discourse on informality, and informality in China

3.1 International debate on informality and informal settlements

3.1.1 Tracing the notion of informality

3.1.2 Informal settlements and their formalisation

3.2 Urban villages - informal settlements in China

3.2.1 Organised informality in China

3.2.2 Informal settlements in China - urban villages

4. Discourse on migration and internal rural‐urban migration in China

4.1 International debate on migration

4.1.1 International and internal migration

4.1.2 The 'arrival city' and migrants' householding strategies

4.2 Internal migration in China

4.2.1 Urbanisation in China and its accompanying migration defined by hukou

4.2.2 Migrants in urban villages

4.2.3 Migrants' linkage to places of origin and the destination city

5. Conceptual framework

PART II

6. Urbanisation and urban villages in China

6.1 Urbanisation in China with Chinese characteristics.

6.2 Urban‐rural dualism in China

6.2.1 Dual land system

6.2.2 Hukou system and migrants

6.3 An introduction to some well‐researched urban villages

7. The two case villages: Shigezhuang village and Dongxindian village

7.1 Historical development and basic information of the two case village

7.1.1 Shigezhuang village

7.1.2 Dongxindian village

7.2 Demographic and dwelling profiles of migrants

Age

Gender

Hukou province

Education

Occupations

Dwelling profiles

8. The space of governance and negotiation

8.1 The socio‐political transformation of policies on migrants in Beijing

8.1.1 Space as a tactic of governance

8.1.2 Impact of city events on migrants' work and lives and migrants' resistance

19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, 18-24 October, 2017

Programme to reduce air pollution in Jingjinji Metropolitan Region and surrounding area in the autumn and winter of 2017 to 2018

The grand military parade for the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, 1 October, 2019

8.2 The impact of migrants on the institutions

8.2.1 Change in governance institutions

Village committee

Administrative station of migrants

8.2.2 Registration of migrants

8.2.3 Informal economy in urban villages

8.2.4 Public services including the education of second generation migrants

8.3 Indigenous villagers and migrants

8.3.1 Land tenure versus informality in the rental market

8.3.2 Representation of rental rooms and interactions between migrants and indigenous villagers

8.4 Development, transformation, and demolition of a 'dayuan'

8.5 Demolition of urban villages and eviction of 'low‐end' labourers

9. The space of everyday life

9.1 Housing construction and extensions

9.1.1 Housing extensions added to courtyard houses in Shigezhuang village.

9.1.2 Construction of housing blocks in Dongxindian village

1) Unpredictable and constantly changing building codes

2) Shift in socioeconomic status of indigenous villagers

3) Narrowing of gap between migrants' spatial practice and villagers' conceptions

9.2 The couple who ran a grocery shop in Dongxindian

9.3 A construction worker and his family in Shigezhuang

9.4 The owner and caretaker of a 'dayuan' in Dongxindian

9.5 Young people living in apartment buildings in Dongxindian

9.5.1 A food deliveryman living with his friend

9.5.2 A hairdresser living with colleagues in a dormitory

9.5.3 A white‐collar office worker living alone

10. The space of two‐directional linkage

10.1 Migrants as individuals - perception of the city as a place of work

10.2 Migrants as households - circulation of resources between sending and receiving areas

10.2.1 Family arrangements linking the city and hometowns

10.2.2 Family arrangements linking the urban village and other parts of Beijing

10.3 Migrants as a tongxiang community

10.3.1 Housing

10.3.2 Working opportunities

10.3.3 Interactions with other stakeholder groups as the tongxiang community

PART III

11. Synthesis - the spatial triad in the context of urban villages in China

11.1 The space of governance and negotiation

Urban villages as fertile ground for organised informality

Informal space as government's controlling tactics over migrants and informality enhanced through migrants' participation

Indigenous villagers' dominant role in space production, as rentier class empowered by property rights

Production of conceived institutional space in response to migration

Space produced through migrants' resistance to space of governance

11.2 The space of everyday life

Spatial practice correlated with migrant profiles.

'Floating' migrants leading to 'temporary' buildings

Emergence of mixed‐use typology of housing blocks

Migrants' search for affordability increases densities and reduces public spaces

Spatial practices through connecting daily routines and urban routes

11.3 The space of two‐directional linkage

Straddle the rural and urban to maximise living qualities and minimise risks

Migration following and supporting the younger generation

Self‐staging through spaces of representation

Tongxiang community's collective appropriation of space

'Ruralisation' of spaces in urban villages

11.4 The spatial triad - the interaction of three aspects of space production

12. Conclusions and outlook

12.1 Research gaps addressed in the study

12.2 Conclusions and implications for theory and practice

Applicability of space production theory in urban villages in China

Housing, but not only housing

Language matters - acknowledging heterogeneity of urban villages and migrants

'Architecture without architects' and affordable character made visible

Policy implications for the sending areas

12.3 Directions for future research

Acknowledgements

References

Appendix: Overview of the interviewees

Notes

List of tables

List of figures.

Notes:

Doctoral Thesis Universität Stuttgart 2021

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783839469149

3839469147

OCLC:

1412616158