Urban Redevelopment, Gentrification and Gentrifiers in Post-reform Inland China: A Case Study of Chengdu, China

HUANG Xing; YANG Yongchun

doi:10.1007/s11769-017-0852-3

Urban Redevelopment, Gentrification and Gentrifiers in Post-reform Inland China: A Case Study of Chengdu, China

doi: 10.1007/s11769-017-0852-3

HUANG Xing^1,2,,
YANG Yongchun^3,4

1.
School of Architecture, State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China;
2.
Department of Geography, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan;
3.
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, School of Resource and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
4.
College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China

基金项目: Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41571155, 41171143)

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通讯作者:
HUANG Xing.E-mail:huangxing57@scut.edu.cn

Urban Redevelopment, Gentrification and Gentrifiers in Post-reform Inland China: A Case Study of Chengdu, China

HUANG Xing^{1,2
,},
YANG Yongchun^3,4

1.
School of Architecture, State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China;
2.
Department of Geography, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan;
3.
Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, School of Resource and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
4.
College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China

Funds: Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41571155, 41171143)

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Corresponding author: HUANG Xing.E-mail:huangxing57@scut.edu.cn

摘要: Since its process evolved in recent years, the definition of gentrification has expanded to cover different forms of social upgrading, new spaces and new actors around the world. Studies on gentrification in Chinese cities began to take off in the 2000s. However, they all mainly focused on the newly emerging global cities and there has been a lack of investigation on provincial cities. Furthermore, discussions on gentrifiers' profiles and their motivations for housing choice are absent from literature on Chinese gentrification. Therefore, this paper aims to assess the relevance of the broad definition of gentrification in provincial Chinese cities through empirical research on urban redevelopment projects in Chengdu, and to examine the characteristics of gentrifiers (as new incoming residents) in it. The results show the rationality of gentrification processes as urban redevelopment in Chengdu, and reveal original outcomes on the corresponding gentrifiers' profiles and the motivations behind their housing choice, which are different from the general features of gentrifiers in standard Western gentrification research.
- gentrification /
- new-build gentrification /
- urban redevelopment projects /
- gentrifiers /
- motivations for housing choice /
- Chengdu, China
Abstract: Since its process evolved in recent years, the definition of gentrification has expanded to cover different forms of social upgrading, new spaces and new actors around the world. Studies on gentrification in Chinese cities began to take off in the 2000s. However, they all mainly focused on the newly emerging global cities and there has been a lack of investigation on provincial cities. Furthermore, discussions on gentrifiers' profiles and their motivations for housing choice are absent from literature on Chinese gentrification. Therefore, this paper aims to assess the relevance of the broad definition of gentrification in provincial Chinese cities through empirical research on urban redevelopment projects in Chengdu, and to examine the characteristics of gentrifiers (as new incoming residents) in it. The results show the rationality of gentrification processes as urban redevelopment in Chengdu, and reveal original outcomes on the corresponding gentrifiers' profiles and the motivations behind their housing choice, which are different from the general features of gentrifiers in standard Western gentrification research.
- gentrification /
- new-build gentrification /
- urban redevelopment projects /
- gentrifiers /
- motivations for housing choice /
- Chengdu, China

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