Migrants in between: rural migrant families' practices of settlement in a small but rapidly urbanizing Chinese city

• Main Author: Zhao, Haoyu
• Other Authors: Patrick Williams
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Migration; Urbanization; Small cities; Family relationships; Settlement patterns; Housing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180751
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Since economic reforms started in the late 1970s, China has experienced rapid urbanization with a massive influx of rural migrants into cities. In contrast to most rural migrants’ temporary or informal settlements in Chinese megacities, many migrant families in small cities have managed to obtain ur...