Urban Village Redevelopment in Beijing, China

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Focusing on the evolution of housing opportunities for migrant workers, the book examines Beijing's urban village development through its three stages: emergence, erasure, and preservation. It reinterprets the "right to the city" within a complex property landscape shaped by gentrification. The study highlights the emergence of a new landowning class while displacing low-wage migrants, revealing tensions between state control and grassroots movements. Through empirical research, it deepens the discourse on urbanization, emphasizing the contradictions and dynamics of urban village redevelopment in Beijing.