Urban renewal involves a wide range of stakeholders with diverse expectations and
interests. Conflicts in urban renewal projects arise from intricate relationships among …

Develo** countries tend to exhibit evident urban–rural income divergence as urban areas
rapidly expand into adjoining land. However, Western-centric urban theories and studies of …

The fate of Chinese urban villages (chengzhongcun) has recently attracted both research
and policy attention. Two important unaddressed questions are: what are the sources of …

China's rapid urbanization, characterized by large-scale rural–urban migration and radial
expansion of urban built-up areas, produces a new type of urban neighbourhood, namely …

This article will revisit Smith's seminal argument that gentrification is a global urban strategy.
The article pays attention to the role of the state and displacement during the process of …

Drawing on a critical reflection on the long-lasting debates of rural-urban dichotomy, we
argue for a reconceptualisation of the rural that emphasises the ever-evolving and …

In recent years, urban resettlement as a specific form of urbanisation has gained its
momentum in planning practices to accommodate newcomers of cities, in line with the …

To the modernist and image building Chinese state, urban villages are unique but a
transitional phenomenon of urbanization where peri-urban peasants have built substandard …

Poverty alleviation resettlement (PAR) is one of China's key poverty reduction initiatives.
Through this state-led resettlement programme, the government aims to improve the living …

Rural China is experiencing rapid socioeconomic transformations, including
suburbanisation and rural gentrification. In this paper, we argue that to understand these …