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| THE CHARACTERS AND TRENDS OF SHANGHAI'S SOCIAL SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND ITS EVOLUTION SINCE THE REFORM AND OPENING-UP |
| FU Lei, TANG Zi-lai |
| College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China |
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Abstract Based on data of the third census of Shanghai in 1982 and of the fifth census in 2000, with method of Factor Analysis, the paper analyzes the characters and trends of Shanghai's social space structure (SSS) and its evolution. In 1982, the main components of social space in Shanghai included:blue-collar workers and agricultural population, population of intellectuals and white-collar workers, density of population; and five types of social areas were identified:1) the old city zone with high population density; 2) intellectual and white-collar areas; 3) blue-collar areas; 4) agricultural areas; and 5) agricultural areas with industrial production. The paper also finds that in 2000, the main components of social space in Shanghai included the followings:white-collar workers and agricultural population, housing condition, blue-collar workers, aging population and floating population; and six types of social areas were identified:1) white-collar areas; 2) industrial production areas in the outer suburbs; 3) poor housing conditions and aging areas; 4) farm areas with high density of floating population; 5) agricultural areas in the outer suburbs; and 6) industrial production areas in the inner suburbs with high density of floating population. Accordingly, the paper extracts the model of SSS in 1982 and 2000, and holds that the main components, types and models of social areas and the causal mechanisms of SSS of Shanghai in 2000 changed much, compared with those in 1982. The former was very simple while the later turned more complex. Finally, the paper proposes a comprehensive explanation in two levels of "structure" and "agency", for the causal mechanisms of SSS evolution in Shanghai. The findings show that urban land and housing market as well as urban planning had profound impacts on urban SSS. As a whole, the paper concludes that the casual mechanism of urban SSS evolution is a producing process of space via the behavior of the residents' housing choice during the transformation of urban social structure.
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Received: 12 September 2007
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2009, Vol. 24 
