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Social networks of rural–urban migrants after residential relocation: evidence from Yangzhou, a medium-sized Chinese city

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  • Xu Huang
  • Martin Dijst
  • Jan Van Weesep

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This paper analyses the effects of residential relocation on China’s rural–urban migrants’ social networks in light of evidence from Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. Our study contrasts voluntary moves with forced moves driven by demolition-led redevelopment of urban villages. Based on data from a survey conducted between 2012 and 2013, the regression analysis shows that voluntarily relocated migrants are more likely than forced movers to use phone/computer to contact their former neighbours, and communication technology allows them to maintain the frequency of their contact. Furthermore, when moving to a gated neighbourhood, voluntary movers are more likely than forced movers to participate in public activities, to have more contact with new neighbours and thereby to get more help from the residents’ committee and new neighbours. The results suggest that forced moves have negative effects on migrants’ social networks in the neighbourhood and that the demolition-led redevelopment programmes do not promote the migrants’ integration in the city.

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  • Xu Huang & Martin Dijst & Jan Van Weesep, 2017. "Social networks of rural–urban migrants after residential relocation: evidence from Yangzhou, a medium-sized Chinese city," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(6), pages 816-840, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:32:y:2017:i:6:p:816-840
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2016.1240761
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    1. Wu, Rong & Li, Zhigang & Liu, Ye & Huang, Xu & Liu, Yuqi, 2019. "Neighborhood governance in post-reform Urban China: Place attachment impact on civic engagement in Guangzhou," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 472-482.
    2. Jinfeng Zhang, 2019. "How Community Participation Promotes the Relocation Adjustment of Older Women: A Moderated Mediation Analysis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 143(2), pages 637-655, June.
    3. H. Shellae Versey & Serene Murad & Isobel McPhee & Willa Schwarz, 2023. "A Bridging-Community (ABC) Project: A Community Building Social Participation Intervention Among Resettled Refugees in Boston," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 24(1), pages 441-465, March.
    4. Wei Yu & Xiao Lu & Enru Wang, 2020. "Rural land reforms and villagers' preferences for urban settlement: A case study of Shandong Province, China," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 1259-1276, September.
    5. Qinran Yang & David Ley, 2019. "Residential relocation and the remaking of socialist workers through state-facilitated urban redevelopment in Chengdu, China," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(12), pages 2480-2498, September.

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