Drifting and getting stuck: Migrants in Chinese cities

Weiping Wu

City, 2010, vol. 14, issue 1-2, 13-24

Abstract: Residential mobility patterns are an important indicator of the future socioeconomic standing of rural--urban migrants in the urban society. In Chinese cities there are significant barriers for migrants to settle permanently. Given this context and housing choices available to migrants, what types of housing career do they follow once in the city? Drawing from survey data from three large cities, this paper studies migrant intra‐urban residential mobility through three lenses—temporal patterns, spatial trajectories and tenure shifts. The majority of migrants are renters and remain so despite a lengthy residence in the cities. They experience a high level of mobility over time, but the trajectories of their moves are spatially confined and involve few tenure shifts.

Date: 2010
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