Urban redevelopment, gentrification and gentrifiers in post-reform inland China: A case study of Chengdu, China

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作者：
Xing Huang
Yongchun Yang
机构：
[1] South China University of Technology,School of Architecture, State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science
[2] Kyushu University,Department of Geography
[3] Lanzhou University,Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems, School of Resource and Environmental Science
[4] Northwest University,College of Urban and Environmental Science
来源：
Chinese Geographical Science | 2017年 / 27卷
关键词：
gentrification; new-build gentrification; urban redevelopment projects; gentrifiers; motivations for housing choice; Chengdu, China;
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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.
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页数：13
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