Urban slums in security housing in China
As wealth gap is widening and the housing price increases tremendously in China, the living standard of urban underclass maintains relatively low level. Therefore, possessing a house is becoming more difficult than ever for those urban poor strata. Consequently, the poor are forced to settle in damp...
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| author | Zhang, Tao Hashim, Ahmad Hariza Jawan, Jayum |
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| description | As wealth gap is widening and the housing price increases tremendously in China, the living standard of urban underclass maintains relatively low level. Therefore, possessing a house is becoming more difficult than ever for those urban poor strata. Consequently, the poor are forced to settle in damp and congested substandard housing where plagues, crimes and relegation of social regulations and morality are incidental with. Security housing system has been established in China, and its purport is to alleviate the housing plight of urban poor people. But in reality, security housing is becoming a new form of urban slum. This paper aims to investigate the causes of this phenomenon and provide some recommendations. In addition, this paper attempts to identify the characteristics of current security housing situation and to interpret the right to housing. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-226802020-03-05T06:34:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22680/ Urban slums in security housing in China Zhang, Tao Hashim, Ahmad Hariza Jawan, Jayum As wealth gap is widening and the housing price increases tremendously in China, the living standard of urban underclass maintains relatively low level. Therefore, possessing a house is becoming more difficult than ever for those urban poor strata. Consequently, the poor are forced to settle in damp and congested substandard housing where plagues, crimes and relegation of social regulations and morality are incidental with. Security housing system has been established in China, and its purport is to alleviate the housing plight of urban poor people. But in reality, security housing is becoming a new form of urban slum. This paper aims to investigate the causes of this phenomenon and provide some recommendations. In addition, this paper attempts to identify the characteristics of current security housing situation and to interpret the right to housing. David Publishing Company 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22680/1/Urban%20slums%20in%20security%20housing%20in%20China.pdf Zhang, Tao and Hashim, Ahmad Hariza and Jawan, Jayum (2011) Urban slums in security housing in China. Journal of US-China Public Administration, 8 (10). pp. 1129-1135. ISSN 1548-6591; ESSN: 1935-9691 http://www.davidpublisher.org/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=38478.html 10.17265/1548-6591/2011.10.005 |
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