Urban Redevelopment, Gentrification and Gentrifiers in Post-reform Inland China: A Case Study of Chengdu, China  

作　　者：HUANG Xing YANG Yongchun 

机构地区：[1]School of Architecture, State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, South China University of Technology [2]Department of Geography, Kyushu University [3]Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, School of Resource and Environmental Science, Lanzhou University [4]College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University

出　　处：《Chinese Geographical Science》2017年第1期151-164,共14页中国地理科学（英文版）

基　　金：Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41571155,41171143)

摘　　要：Since its process evolved in recent years, the definition of gentrification has expanded to cover different forms of social upgrading, new spaces and new actors around the world. Studies on gentrification in Chinese cities began to take off in the 2000 s. However, they all mainly focused on the newly emerging global cities and there has been a lack of investigation on provincial cities. Furthermore, discussions on gentrifiers′ profiles and their motivations for housing choice are absent from literature on Chinese gentrification. Therefore, this paper aims to assess the relevance of the broad definition of gentrification in provincial Chinese cities through empirical research on urban redevelopment projects in Chengdu, and to examine the characteristics of gentrifiers(as new incoming residents) in it. The results show the rationality of gentrification processes as urban redevelopment in Chengdu, and reveal original outcomes on the corresponding gentrifiers′ profiles and the motivations behind their housing choice, which are different from the general features of gentrifiers in standard Western gentrification research.Since its process evolved in recent years, the definition of gentrification has expanded to cover different forms of social upgrading, new spaces and new actors around the world. Studies on gentrification in Chinese cities began to take off in the 2000 s. However, they all mainly focused on the newly emerging global cities and there has been a lack of investigation on provincial cities. Furthermore, discussions on gentrifiers′ profiles and their motivations for housing choice are absent from literature on Chinese gentrification. Therefore, this paper aims to assess the relevance of the broad definition of gentrification in provincial Chinese cities through empirical research on urban redevelopment projects in Chengdu, and to examine the characteristics of gentrifiers（as new incoming residents） in it. The results show the rationality of gentrification processes as urban redevelopment in Chengdu, and reveal original outcomes on the corresponding gentrifiers′ profiles and the motivations behind their housing choice, which are different from the general features of gentrifiers in standard Western gentrification research.

关 键 词：gentrification new-build gentrification urban redevelopment projects gentrifiers motivations for housing choice Chengdu China 

分 类 号：TU984.114[建筑科学—城市规划与设计] F127[经济管理—世界经济]