Abstract

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Abstract 9
4. 1. Introduction 11
5. PART I
6. 2. Theory of space production 21
7. 3. Discourse on informality, and informality in China 35
8. 4. Discourse on migration and internal rural-urban migration in China 47
9. 5. Conceptual framework 61
10. PART II
11. 6. Urbanisation and urban villages in China 65
12. 7. The two case villages: Shigezhuang village and Dongxindian village 77
13. 8. The space of governance and negotiation 85
14. 9. The space of everyday life 121
15. 10. The space of two-directional linkage 155
16. PART III
17. 11. Synthesis – the spatial triad in the context of urban villages in China 173
18. 12. Conclusions and outlook 187
19. Acknowledgements 193
20. References 195
21. Appendix: Overview of the interviewees 207
22. List of tables 231
23. List of figures 233