Migration and Urbanization in China

Based upon an analysis of a national survey of migration conducted in late 1986 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, this book provides analyses of the volume and direction of movement, the characteristics and motivation of those who move, and the consequences of their moving.

List of contents

Figures and Tables, Introduction by Lincoln H. Day, Chapter 1 Ma Xia The Survey: Objectives and Organization, Chapter 2 Wang Weizhi An Overview of the Pattern of Internal Migration and Reasons for Migrating, Chapter 3 Sidney Goldstein and Alice Goldstein Permanent and Temporary Migration Differentials, Chapter 4 Zheng Zizhen Inter-Regional Migration to Cities and Towns, Chapter 5 Xiong Yu and Lincoln H. Day Demographic Characteristics of the Migrants, Chapter 6 D.T. Rowland Family Characteristics of the Migrants, Chapter 7 Lin You Su and Lincoln H. Day The Economic Adjustment of Migrants in Urban Areas, Chapter 8 Tan Xiaoqing Migration and Fertility, Chapter 9 Ma Xia Changes in the Pattern of Migration in Urban China, Chapter 10 Lorraine Corner Urbanization, Migration and Development: China and Southeast Asia Compared, References, Index, The Contributors

About the author

Lincoln H. Day, Ma Xia

Summary

Based upon an analysis of a national survey of migration conducted in late 1986 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, this book provides analyses of the volume and direction of movement, the characteristics and motivation of those who move, and the consequences of their moving.

Product details

• Authors: Lincoln H. Day, Day Lincoln H., Ma Xia, Xia Ma
• Assisted by: Lincoln H. Day (Editor), Ma Xia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781563243387
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-338-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Studies in Chinese Environment & Development
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Urban communities, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples