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| VARIOUS FORMS OF GENTRIFICATION IN TRANSITIONAL PERIOD IN CHINA——A Case Study of Six Communities in Guangzhou |
| HE Shen-jing1, QIAN Jun-xi2, DENG Shang-kun3 |
1. School of Geography and Planning, and Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
2. Human Geography Research Group, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, UK;
3. Land Resource and Housing Management Bureau, Huangpu District, Guangzhou 510700, China |
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Abstract This paper is based on a large-scale questionnaire survey (837 questionnaires in total) conducted in six communities, representing four different forms of gentrification, namely classic gentrification, new-build gentrification, rural gentrification and studentification. The questionnaire contains questions concerning respondents' economic and financial status, socio-demographic characteristics, housing conditions, occupational status, and socializing patterns. The finding shows distinctive characteristics of various forms of gentrification in transitional period in China. Yaohua Community is basically in accord with the model of classic gentrification, but the gentrifiers in Yaohua usually do not possess property rights. Studentifiers in Nanting and Beiting, like their counterparts in the Western context, show a low level of capital, although most of them are from middle class family background. Residents in new-build developments like Henbao and Baoshengyuan possess the highest level of capital among all four types of gentrifiers. Their investment initiative is strong and they also show apparent middle class cultural identity. Avant-garde artists in Xiaozhou village are of the lowest degree of capital, and the village itself has not yet intensely become the target of middle class cultural consumption. Displacement has taken place in the processes of classic gentrification and new-build gentrification, and it has not yet been observed in other two types.
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Received: 20 October 2010
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2011, Vol. 26 
