Iossifova, D. 2010. WP/39 identity and space on the borderland between old and new in Shanghai: a case study. Helsinki United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research.
| Title | WP/39 identity and space on the borderland between old and new in Shanghai: a case study |
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| Authors | Iossifova, D. |
| Type | Technical report |
| Abstract | China's urban geography has been dramatically altered over the past three decades. The co-presence of splinters in urban fabric—contrasting and continuously changing in terms of condition, use, and socio-cultural consistency—is symptomatic for the country's contemporary transition, suspending existing spatial and temporal disconnections particularly on the borderland in-between old and new, poor and rich, traditional and modern. Focusing on three urban groups (long-term urban residents, rural newcomers, and urban newcomers) in a district of sociospatial diversity in Shanghai, this paper examines trajectories of urban restructuring, aspects of sociospatial identification, and elements of the person-environment-relationship. |
| Year | 2010 |
| Publisher | United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| Place of publication | Helsinki |
| Web address (URL) | http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2010/en_GB/wp2010-39/ |