In the last decade or so, inequality studies have assumed renewed prominence across the
social sciences. In this introduction to a special issue of Applied Geography, we set out to …

Rapid urbanization poses a significant challenge of accommodating the poor, particularly in
developing countries such as China where affordable housing has only been initiated a few …

This paper provides insights into the Chinese housing market. It reviews the literature that
studies the transformation of the housing sector from a welfare housing system to a liberated …

Rural migrants have difficulty obtaining decent housing in destinations, which has a
profound impact on their quality of life and settlement intentions. Previous studies on rural …

This paper shows that the balance of several overriding policy objectives has determined
the direction of the affordable housing policy in urban China. The priorities of the Chinese …

Although China has witnessed remarkable increase in housing wealth and total household
wealth in recent decades in both urban and rural areas, the housing inequality has grown …

A growing body of literature has attempted to understand the social integration of rural
migrants in Chinese cities, and specifically patterns and determinants of migrant settlement …

Housing is often identified by the government and scholars as a key dimension of strategy
for promoting migrant social integration. Yet, existing studies often pay attention to …

Though China has achieved great strides in improving housing provision, it is still plagued
by a lack of affordable housing. Over the last two decades, China has launched several …

China is experiencing an urban revolution, powered in part by hundreds of millions of
migrant workers. Faced with institutionalised discrimination in the housing system and the …