Urban Social Stratification and Residential Segregation

Author: Huang Yi
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book takes Shanghai as the primary focus, conducting a comprehensive and systematic exploration of urban social stratification and residential segregation in China at the current stage from the perspectives of urban planning and urban sociology. The entire book includes both theoretical analyses of domestic and international concepts and research related to social stratification and residential segregation, as well as empirical studies on the status of urban social stratification and residential segregation in China's specific process of simultaneous globalization and urbanization. The book highlights the characteristics of urban residential segregation, summarizes ands its patterns and processes, and deeply analyzes the intrinsic drivers of residential segregation from aspects such as housing systems, land supply, residential markets, and urban history. The urban social spatial integration concept and planning countermeasures proposed in this book represent a positive theoretical exploration aimed at achieving the goal of building a harmonious socialist society in China.