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作者

De Tong;Yu Zhang;Ian MacLachlan;Guicai Li

来源

HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.96,P.102082

语言

英文

关键字

Migrant housing choice;Congregation;Planning;Social capital;Urban village;China

作者单位

School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China;Laboratory for Urban Future, Peking University (Shenzhen) Shenzhen 518055, China;School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China;Laboratory for Urban Future, Peking University (Shenzhen) Shenzhen 518055, China

摘要

Rural to urban migrants are the dominant component of population growth in China's coastal cities. China's unique household registration system has excluded migrants from most public housing, resulting in pronounced housing segregation --a social phenomenon that has come to be China's greatest urban social planning challenge. In this paper, we analyze the determinants of migrant housing choices and migrant housing needs following the conventional utility-based approach, but we also emphasize the important role of social capital in migrant decision-making. A case study of Shenzhen shows that quantifiable measures of physical, locational, land use and economic attributes cannot fully explain the congregation of migrants in informal communities and that social capital plays an important role in their housing choices. Social networks, social norms, and trust among neighbors are key factors in the establishment of migrant communities. This study reveals a new aspect of migrant housing needs that will be useful to planners, by paying greater heed to social capital in urban regeneration and migrant housing provision. A more inclusive and humanistic approach to the housing of migrants is suggested.