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Commercial Housing Development in Urban China

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  • Ya Ping Wang

    (School of Planning and Housing, Edinburgh College of ArtlHeriot-Watt University, Grassmarket Campus, 79 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2HJ, UK Fax 0131-221-6163, y.wang@eca.ac.uk)

  • Alan Murie

    (Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS), University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK Fax: 0121-414 3279, murieas@css.bham.ac.uk)

Abstract

Housing privatisation has been one of key features of reform during the 1980s and the 1990s in many countries. Chinese housing reform has attracted attention because of its distinctive features and there have been a number of commentaries on the general progress of urban housing reform policies. However, there has been no systematic study of the development of commercial housing in Chinese cities. The aim of this paper is to provide an up-to-date account of commercial housing development. It examines the scale of investment during the early 1990s, the development process, quality and design standards, the commercial housing market and the management of residential estates. The conclusions draw attention to several important problems of commercial housing development including the lack of appropriate legislation and control, the mismatch of housing supply and affordability, and the underdeveloped nature of the urban housing market.

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  • Ya Ping Wang & Alan Murie, 1999. "Commercial Housing Development in Urban China," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 36(9), pages 1475-1494, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:36:y:1999:i:9:p:1475-1494
    DOI: 10.1080/0042098992881
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    1. Wang, Donggen & Chai, Yanwei, 2009. "The jobs–housing relationship and commuting in Beijing, China: the legacy of Danwei," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 17(1), pages 30-38.
    2. Zhao, Pengjun & Lü, Bin & Roo, Gert de, 2011. "Impact of the jobs-housing balance on urban commuting in Beijing in the transformation era," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 19(1), pages 59-69.
    3. Junhua Chen & Ying Wu & Huijia Li, 2018. "Vocational Status, Hukou and Housing Migrants in the New Century: Evidence from a Multi-city Study of Housing Inequality," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 139(1), pages 309-325, August.
    4. Chen, Jie, 2016. "Housing System and Urbanization in the People’s Republic of China," ADBI Working Papers 602, Asian Development Bank Institute.
    5. Lijie Gao & Shenghui Cui & Dewei Yang & Lina Tang & Jonathan Vause & Lishan Xiao & Xuanqi Li & Longyu Shi, 2016. "Sustainability and Chinese Urban Settlements: Extending the Metabolism Model of Emergy Evaluation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-17, May.
    6. Qin, Ping & Wang, Lanlan, 2019. "Job opportunities, institutions, and the jobs-housing spatial relationship: Case study of Beijing," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 331-339.
    7. Zhao, Pengjun & Lu, Bin, 2010. "Exploring job accessibility in the transformation context: an institutionalist approach and its application in Beijing," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 18(3), pages 393-401.

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