Settlement Spaces: Urban Survival Prospects of China’s Special Communities (eBook)

This book examines the settlement space of special communities in China on the community scale from an interdisciplinary approach that combines perspectives from urban planning and sociology. Using the framework of integration response, it theoretically and empirically explores the approaches these communities adopt to survive and evolve. Empirically, this discussion centers on four particular groups, namely international students, land-lost peasants, ethnic minorities, and migrant workers, and offers an analysis of their settlement spaces from different perspectives. Theoretically, this study optimizes the logic of one-way integration as used in classical theories. By constructing a two-way linkage in the theoretical framework of integration response, it provides a multi-scenario interpretation and summary of the laws of survival and evolution that govern the urban settlements of special communities in China. This study conforms to the major transformations that China has undergone in the concepts, models, and orientation of its development since the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Furthermore, it renders profound research value and bears practical significance for the adjustment and management of urban spatial patterns in China, social care for marginalized groups, and the construction of a harmonious and moderately prosperous society. This study provides valuable reference for educators, researchers, and management personnel across various fields, including urban planning, geography, and sociology.

Xiao Wu has completed D.E. (doctor of engineering), and is the professor and doctoral advisor for the School of Architecture, Southeast University.

Professor Wu supported by the 'Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University' of the Ministry of Education is one of the outstanding young teachers of 'Jiangsu Qinglan Program' of Jiangsu higher education institutions; He is also the secretary-general of City Renewal Committee, member of Urban Imaging Committee of Urban Planning Society of China, director of Institute of Urban Design of Architectural Society of China, and member of Jiangsu Urbanization and Spatial Strategy Research Committee. His main research interests are urban and rural design creation and associated theories.

He has led and undertaken as the principal 6 programs funded by National Natural Science Foundation, 2 national science and technology support programs, 1 program supported by World Bank (Global Environment Facility), 1 provincial key R & D program, and more than 10 ministerial and provincial research, talent, and education reform programs; he has published more than 100 academic papers on core journals, 13 monographs (translated works), and textbooks; he has won 2 second prizes of Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education, 1 first prize of Huaxia Construction Science and Technology Award and 1 Outstanding Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science Research of Higher Education Institutions in Jiangsu Province, as well as 6 awards including the Youth Thesis Competition Award of the Urban Planning Society of China, Forum of Seeking Truth, and Jin Jingchang Excellent Urban Planning Thesis Award in China; he has won 2 National Excellent Urban and Rural Planning and Design Awards and 14 Ministerial and Provincial Excellent Survey and Design & Excellent Engineering Design Awards; he has won 4 Provincial Teaching Achievement Awards, and with his instructions, a student won the Provincial Excellent Master Dissertation Award, and two undergraduate teams were awarded as the Provincial Excellent Graduation Design Teams. Besides, with his instructions, the undergraduate students won nearly 30 awards in various assignment competitions and exchanges in national higher education in urban planning discipline.

 

Lingjin Wang is a Ph.D. student of 2019, Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Southeast University.

Her main research direction is the special community space represented by migrant workers and international migrants. At present, she has published nearly 10 academic papers in core journals and domestic and foreign conferences, participated in more than 10 engineering practice projects, and won 2 Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Urban and Rural Planning Awards.

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This book examines the settlement space of special communities in China on the community scale from an interdisciplinary approach that combines perspectives from urban planning and sociology. Using the framework of integration response, it theoretically and empirically explores the approaches these communities adopt to survive and evolve. Empirically, this discussion centers on four particular groups, namely international students, land-lost peasants, ethnic minorities, and migrant workers, and offers an analysis of their settlement spaces from different perspectives. Theoretically, this study optimizes the logic of one-way integration as used in classical theories. By constructing a two-way linkage in the theoretical framework of integration response, it provides a multi-scenario interpretation and summary of the laws of survival and evolution that govern the urban settlements of special communities in China. This study conforms to the major transformations that China has undergonein the concepts, models, and orientation of its development since the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Furthermore, it renders profound research value and bears practical significance for the adjustment and management of urban spatial patterns in China, social care for marginalized groups, and the construction of a harmonious and moderately prosperous society. This study provides valuable reference for educators, researchers, and management personnel across various fields, including urban planning, geography, and sociology.