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Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and ChinaHousing Policies for Rural Migrant Workers in China

Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China: Housing Policies for Rural Migrant Workers... [Lack[aut]Wang, Yeqiang of housing securityHousing security is a major problem for rural migrant workersMigrant workers in ChinaChina. This chapter explores the range and depth of housing problems facing rural migrantsMigrants. These challenges include issues of affordability and poor housing quality and administrative barriers that inhibit access to commercialCommercial housing and housing welfareWelfare programmes. There is a big difference between the housing consumption pattern of migrant workers in the city and that in the countryside. This is due to large discrepancies in levels of access to good quality accommodation between migrants from rural areas and the established urban populationUrban population. These inequalitiesInequality are exacerbated by inherited forms of residential registrationRegistration that adversely affect rural migrantsRural migrants settling in towns and cities. The situation is further exacerbated by land use regulations that restrict the construction of collective dormitories for rural migrantRural migrants workers. The key is to promote the system reformReforms of rural land and speed up the establishment of a free market homestead and rural housing. PolicyPolicy responses over the past twenty years are evaluated, and recommendationsRecommendations for future policyPolicy development are proposed to improve housing conditionsHousing conditions, including reformReforms of land use regulations and improved property rights for migrantsMigrants.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and ChinaHousing Policies for Rural Migrant Workers in China

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Pryce, Gwilym; Wang, Ya Ping; Chen, Yu; Shan, Jingjing; Wei, Houkai
Wang, Yeqiang; Dong, Xin
Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China — Nov 17, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021. This book is an open access publication.
ISBN
978-3-030-74543-1
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181 –203
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-74544-8_10
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Abstract

[Lack[aut]Wang, Yeqiang of housing securityHousing security is a major problem for rural migrant workersMigrant workers in ChinaChina. This chapter explores the range and depth of housing problems facing rural migrantsMigrants. These challenges include issues of affordability and poor housing quality and administrative barriers that inhibit access to commercialCommercial housing and housing welfareWelfare programmes. There is a big difference between the housing consumption pattern of migrant workers in the city and that in the countryside. This is due to large discrepancies in levels of access to good quality accommodation between migrants from rural areas and the established urban populationUrban population. These inequalitiesInequality are exacerbated by inherited forms of residential registrationRegistration that adversely affect rural migrantsRural migrants settling in towns and cities. The situation is further exacerbated by land use regulations that restrict the construction of collective dormitories for rural migrantRural migrants workers. The key is to promote the system reformReforms of rural land and speed up the establishment of a free market homestead and rural housing. PolicyPolicy responses over the past twenty years are evaluated, and recommendationsRecommendations for future policyPolicy development are proposed to improve housing conditionsHousing conditions, including reformReforms of land use regulations and improved property rights for migrantsMigrants.]

Published: Nov 17, 2021

Keywords: Migrant workers; Housing Policies; Urban housing security system; Dual housing consumption modes; Household registration system

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