Economic segregation in transition China: evidence from the 20 largest cities

Monkkonen, Paavo; Comandon, Andre; Zhu, Jiren

doi:10.1080/02723638.2016.1195992

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“…A negative relationship between segregation and economic development has been found. This contradicts the positive relationship between segregation and economic development found both in the US (Monkkonen & Zhang, 2014;Reardon & Bischoff, 2011) and in China (Monkkonen et al, 2017). The underlying key factor in contributing to the different outcomes in China is the under-industrialized economic development stage.…”

Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Economic development would lead to higher income inequality, which causes a more differentiated spatial distribution of income groups and shows in higher levels of residential segregation. In China, this trend is tentatively observed in Monkkonen et al (2017). Segregation levels are somewhat higher in larger and more affluent cities (20 largest cities in China).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 71%

“…The diminishing effect is stronger for less developed cities (Figure 3). It contradicts the positive relationship between segregation and economic development found both in the US (Monkkonen & Zhang, 2014;Reardon & Bischoff, 2011) and in China (Monkkonen et al, 2017). The tipping point is significant and is when Per Capita GDP is 71,194 Yuan, 1.28 standard deviation from the mean Per capita GDP of the 21 cities.…”

Section: Economic Development and Segregationmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Nevertheless, it is an acceptable size for our purpose. Not only did other scholars, such as Monkkonen et al (2017) demonstrate that it is a workable unit size, showing interesting variation when they examined segregation in the 20 largest cities in China based on the fifth census data in 2000 at the same township level. In addition, the spatial logics of the township delineation within cities across Guangdong province, are fairly similar.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We seek for theoretical renewal and (re)construction (Peck, 2015), by searching for a dialogue between conventional and seemingly universal urban theories and Chinese experiences. Although several high-quality segregation studies have been performed in China (see for example, Madrazo & Van Kempen, 2012;Monkkonen et al, 2017;Shen, 2019), there is reason to continue testing and perhaps reformulating the theory in the Chinese context. Especially the potential impact of the level and type of economic development seems to be under-researched.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Thischapterexploresmulti-scaleestimationmethods as an important future direction for segregation research in China. We explain how these recently developed methods help address many longstanding problems in traditional index-based segregation research and open up new avenues of research on Chinese cities. We explain the conceptual framework underpinning multilevel analysis in the form of a series of propositions that capture the theoretical basis and outline why a multilevel approach to segregation is advantageous. We then illustrate how this approach can be applied to China using census data on Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province. We use the model to consider segregation of different ethnic groups and of migrants versus non-migrants. We conclude with a discussion of our findings and our thoughts on future directions for research and the implications for policy.

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Unprecedented urbanisation in China has profoundly reshaped the country’s social-spatial structure. Owing to economic suburbanisation and urban redevelopment processes, migrants coming from rural areas are increasingly concentrated in suburbs rather than city centres. Against this backdrop, this paper focuses on residential segregation between migrants and locals, and on geographical (re)structuring between the city centre and suburb. Theil’s H Index is used to disaggregate the migrant segregation of each municipality into a within-suburb, a within-centre and a between-centre-suburb component. We use Census data for 258 municipalities in 2000 and 2010; we find that migrant segregation increased in this period. We ascribe this to the increasing segregation of migrants in suburban areas, which offsets the increasingly balanced distribution of migrants between the city centre and suburb. Segregation in city centres also increased slightly in this period. Unexpectedly, less economically developed municipalities, defined by their per capita GDP, tend to be more segregated than their more developed counterparts. Less developed municipalities also have a higher level of suburban employment and housing opportunities in the whole municipality, but feature more segregated suburban spaces and a polarised distribution of migrants between the centre and suburb.

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Economic segregation in transition China: evidence from the 20 largest cities

Cited by 13 publications

References 40 publications

Understanding different levels of segregation in urban China: a comparative study among 21 cities in Guangdong province

Understanding different levels of segregation in urban China: a comparative study among 21 cities in Guangdong province

Multi-scale Inequality and Segregation: Theory and Estimation

Geographical structure of the local segregation of migrants in (sub)urban China

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