Urban village demolition, migrant workers' rental costs and housing choices: Evidence from Hangzhou, China

H Zeng, X Yu, J Zhang - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Many cities in China are undergoing large-scale demolition of urban villages. The difficulty
of finding suitable housing for migrant workers has caused widespread concern because the …

City profile: chongqing (1997–2017)

HXH Bao, L Li, C Lizieri - Cities, 2019 - Elsevier
Chongqing has made remarkable progress in economic and social development since it
was granted provincial city status in 1997. The city had become a leading economic centre …

Quality matters: Housing and the mental health of rural migrants in urban China

S Xie - Housing Studies, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study goes beyond housing ownership and investigates how housing size, quality, and
location affect the mental health of rural migrants in urban China. By using the RUMiC data …

Does the size of the housing rental market stabilize regional economic fluctuations? Evidence from China's large-and medium-sized cities

Y Kong, J Dong - Habitat International, 2024 - Elsevier
The influence of the housing rental market on economic operations is a significant concern.
Particularly in China, the rental market has been undergoing a transition from being …

Understanding the intention and behavior of renting houses among the young generation: Evidence from Jinan, China

S Zheng, Y Cheng, Y Ju - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, the rapid growth of China's economy and population has generated a
large demand for housing. Increasingly high prices have become the main obstacle for …

Preferences for rental housing in urban Ghana: A discrete choice experiment

M Poku-Boansi, N Tetteh, KK Adarkwa - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rising demand for housing across the globe, rental housing has become a major
alternative in meeting deficit supply. However, there is a significant gap between what is …

A family-based approach to public rental housing in Chongqing, China: A perspective of rural migrant households

W Hu - Town Planning Review, 2023 - liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
Since 2010, the city of Chongqing in south-western China has built 40 million square metres
of public rental housing, responding to China's New Urbanisation Plan. Due to its emphasis …

Housing satisfaction and migrant health in urban China: empirical evidence and implications for housing policy

H You, X Guo, X Wu, M Wu - Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2022 - Springer
Substandard housing is considered a public health issue worldwide. Migrants are more
likely than other individuals to experience poor housing conditions in urban China, and …

The effects of floor plan representations on preferences for apartments

J Baker, H Oppewal - Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 2023 - Springer
In the real-estate industry, floor plans are commonly used to communicate spatial layouts of
housing alternatives to house hunters. Using the method of stated preferences, this research …

Effective Public Rental Housing governance: tenants' perspective from the pilot city Chongqing, China

J Yan, M Haffner, M Elsinga - Journal of Housing and the Built …, 2022 - Springer
In the past decade, Public Rental Housing (PRH) has become the program of providing
affordable rental housing to low-and middle-income households in China. Even though …