The concept of informality has often been misunderstood. Its, especially, urban character is
rarely appreciated. With respect to urban development, it was once thought to distinguish the …

China's cities are home to 10 percent of the world's population today. They display
unprecedented dynamism under the country's surging economic power. Their remarkable …

This article addresses a relative gap in the literature on real estate development and
property rights in transitional economies, particularly on the “shadow” role of private …

New frameworks for “urban resilience” frequently overlook the role of property rights and
tenure security in sha** vulnerability, as well as how different property rights regimes …

As China has rapidly urbanized, housing prices in many cities have skyrocketed, reducing
housing affordability and leading to the rise of an informal housing sector. This paper …

Following the massive and devastating 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, the Chinese state
called for major reconstruction to be completed within three years. Reconstruction was …

Over the past decade, house prices have kept soaring in Chinese cities, making housing
affordability one of the biggest social and political issues in urban China. Existing research …

4 Richard Harris and Ute Lehrer suburbs, no longer fit–if indeed they ever did (see Christian
Schmid in chapter 4; Harris and Lewis 2001; Soja 1992; Lehrer 1994). Cities, she notes, are …

After the implementation of a series of step-by-step reform actions during 1988–1998, China
completed a transition of urban housing supply from a welfare provision system to a …

This study was carried out in the context of international cooperation in the China Council for
International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). The CCICED is an …