Rural Migrants in Urban China - Bog

After millions of migrants moved from the countryside into the cities in China, there was huge pressure to redevelop their enclaves. This emerging urbanism gave way to a new built environment through demolition and the development of new towns, the migrants lives entered a transient phase from an informal to a formal urbanity. This book looks at the migrants and their enclaves, known as the `villages in the city¿. Through an examination of their neighbourhoods, it reveals the characteristics and changes in the migrants¿ livelihood and living places.