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Spatial Mobility of Migrant Workers in Beijing, China

The great migration of farmers leaving rural China to work and live in big cities as 'floaters' has been an on-going debate in China for the past three decades. This book probes into the spatial mobility of migrant workers in Beijing, China, and questions the city 'rights' issues...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Liu, Ran (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
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Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • China's globalizing primary cities as a contested space: an introduction
  • Contentions arising between city imaging pursuits and displacees
  • Displacee groups in Beijing: differentiated citizenship & access to space
  • Cities with or without slums? A contrast of city models in São Paulo & Beijing
  • Conclusion: exigencies produced by the Lefebvrian notion of 'Right to the City'.