Urban Informal Settlements : Chengzhongcun and Chinese Urbanism

This book offers a concise and yet diverse study on the Chengzhongcun. It has a broader scope, both geographical and temporal, than existing works on this topic. The typical Chinese urban informal settlement is related to morphologically similar communities to be found elsewhere in the world. The chapters themes were inspired by the methods in historical geography, citizenship studies, and new cultural geography. What is truly unique to this book is that ten years after the basis material of this book was defended, it is enriched with practical experience and first-hand observations of the rapidly changing Chinese city. As urbanization in China slows, this book will interest sociologists, urbanists and scholars of China. Yannan Ding is Associate Professor at the Centre for Historical Geography Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, China Contents List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction A World of Slums? Post-Reform Urban China Studies and the Chengzhongcun What is a Chengzhongcun? Chengzhongcun Emerged as a Research Topic The Chengzhongcun Question at Large Structure of the Book References 2 The City and Its Other: A Brief Historical Geography The Great Urban Awakening in Europe Origin of the City Henri Pirenne Chinese Cities and Its Outcasts Chinese Exceptionalism? Outcasts in Chinese Cities, Then and Now Beyond Etymology: Urban Village in the East and the West English Translations of the chengzhongcun Urban Village Across the Atlantic Conclusion References 3 Housing and the Political Economy of Urban China Introduction The Right to Urban Housing Pendulum Between Human Right and Civil Right Legal Framework Critiques on the Right to Urban Housing The Soviet Legacy Background Soviet Planning and Its Problems After the Soviet Union Planning or Political Economy: A Discussion with Him Chung More Than Urban Planning or Design The Political Economy of Urban Inequality The Way Out of the Chengzhongcun Conclusion References 4 Chengzhongcun and Its Residents: Empirical Findings Introduction Background and Implementation of the Survey Background Information Survey Sites in Shanghai and Hefei Survey Protocol The Questionnaire Quality of the Survey Representativeness Missing Values Consistency of Responses Survey Analysis Profiles of the Chengzhongcun Residents Channels and Obstacles Toward Urban Integration Perceptions of the Chengzhongcun Residents Conclusion References 5 Resistance, Public Art and Citizenship Introduction Citizenship Deconstructed The Right to Education Under the Hukou System Citizenship Mobilized Public Art and Citizenship Pedagogy Staging Art into a Chengzhongcun Urban Development in Hefei Informal Education, Migrant Children and Civil Society Diagnosing Happiness in a Chengzhongcun Urban Resistance and the Engaging Art Engaging a Chengzhongcun Deliberative Democracy: The “Effect of Effects” An Ephemeral Event? Virtual Space of Deliberations Conclusion References 6 Slum Tourism: Towards Inclusive Urbanism? Introduction Slum Tourism as Niche Tourism Is Slum Tourism Losing the Ethics Ground? Taking Up the Niche Slum and Slum Tourism in China: Media, Marketing and Management Art-Lead Slum Tourism as an Alternative Times Museum: An Unusual Perspective Dafen: Place Making via Art Business Towards the Inclusive City Discussion References 7 Conclusion Urban China in a Nutshell Troubled History, Uncertain Future Normal Urbanism References Appendix Social Integration and Urban Recognition of Chengzhongcun Residents (Shanghai) Index 521894_1_En_BookFrontmatter_OnlinePDF.pdf Contents List of Figures List of Tables