Urban Village: A Field Study of a "New Village Community"

Author: Lan Yuyun
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: "New Village Community" is a concept that corresponds to and distinguishes itself from the traditional small rural community. It is a "new type of village community" built on the foundation of non-agricultural economic development, mainly including "industrialized" village communities and "post-industrial" village communities. The urban village under study in this research is a "post-industrial" "new village community," specifically an urban village community. Therefore, this study is a research on a specific type of "new village community." The book proposes the concept of the urban village community, adding a type of "community on the verge of decline" to the study of village communities. Through the research on the urban village community, which is closely associated with the urban village and carries a distinct transitional meaning, the book reveals that it is precisely this unique community, this "small tradition," that shapes