New Wenzhou: Migration, metropolitan spatial development and modernity in a third-tier Chinese model city

Lin, Shanlang; Gaubatz, Piper

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.040

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“…The data from Zhejiang Province were obtained from Wenzhou, which lies in the southeastern coast of the province and has many start-up businesses in seafood. Although Zhejiang is economically buoyant, Wenzhou was selected because it was one of the poorest communities in eastern China, dominated by migrant workers (Lin and Gaubatz, 2015). However, Wenzhou has developed to become an economic nerve center of Zhejiang Province due to the proliferation of farmer entrepreneurial activities.…”

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The relation between entrepreneurship and rural poverty alleviation in China

Naminse

Zhuang

Fang-yang

2019

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Purpose -There is a recent growing interest to find a lasting intervention to rural poverty (RP) in developing countries based on farmer entrepreneurship and innovation. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to examine the relation between entrepreneurship and RP alleviation in two resource-constrained provinces of China. This paper assesses the influence of three capabilities of farm entrepreneurseducational, economic and socio-culturalon farmer entrepreneurship growth and how these, in turn, impact alleviation of RP. Design/methodology/approach -Household survey data comprising 363 respondents were taken from four deprived communities in two provinces of China. The paper employed structural equation modeling (SEM), using AMOS 21.0 alongside SPSS 20.0 to test the relations between the constructs. Findings -The results show that a statistically significant and positive relation exists between entrepreneurship and RP alleviation in China. The findings of the study further reveal that qualitative growth of entrepreneurship has a stronger positive influence on RP alleviation than on quantitative growth, and socio-cultural capabilities of respondents significantly and positively affect entrepreneurial growth of farmers, rather than education and economic capabilities.Research limitations/implications -The use of data from four communities in two provinces tends to limit the ability to generalize the findings of the study. Furthermore, the survey did not collect information on non-farm entrepreneurs, making it impossible to compare the findings from farm entrepreneurs with non-farm entrepreneurs. Practical implications -The findings have practical implications for policy makers in rural China toward addressing targeted RP. This paper, therefore, suggests that entrepreneurship should be pursued vigorously among farmers in rural areas of China to help solve poverty. The paper also presents a useful lesson for various stakeholders in poverty alleviation programs in other developing countries. Originality/value -This paper contributes to the academic literature on the entrepreneurship-RP alleviation nexus by combining the theory of capability and SEM in the analysis of an emerging economy such as China.

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The relation between entrepreneurship and rural poverty alleviation in China

Naminse

Zhuang

Fang-yang

2019

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“…Rural migrants have become a significant driving force in the urban development of Wenzhou city (Lin & Gaubatz, 2015;Wang, 2009). In more than half of Wenzhou's 30 subdistricts (excluding two towns for which we have no data, Tengqiao and Zeya), migrants outnumber the local population.…”

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“…Migration has been a significant factor in the recent development of Wenzhou (Lin & Gaubatz, 2015;Wang, 2009;Xu, 2011). Wenzhou, as one of China's model cities for reform-era (post-1980) economic growth, has experienced rapid development and is often analyzed in terms of the role it has played as a model for the privatization and entrepreneurialization of China's economy (Nolan & Dong, 1989;Wei, 2007;Zhang, 1994).…”

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Socio-spatial segregation in China and migrants’ everyday life experiences: the case of Wenzhou

Lin

Gaubatz

2016

Urban Geography

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Although internal migration is one of the most frequently discussed aspects of China's twenty-first century urbanization, much of the research in this area emphasizes megacities. This paper, however, focuses on Wenzhou, a Chinese city that served as a national model for the introduction of small-scale private enterprise in the 1990s. Through a survey of migrants living in the subdistrict of Shuangyu, a settlement dominated by manufacturing workers, this article argues that socio-spatial segregation research should pay more holistic attention to migrants' use of urban space, beyond simply place of residence. Focusing on how migrants use space in several aspects of their everyday lives, this article contends that Shuangyu is socially and spatially segregated from other parts of the city. Rather than neatly incorporated into the rest of the city, migrant settlement in Wenzhou is both marginalized and independent. We thus theorize Shuangyu's place in Wenzhou's new socio-spatial structure as a "city within the city." ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Twelve experts were invited and the original version of the questionnaire was fine-tuned based on their suggestionsfor example, the original seven-point Likert scale was replaced by a five-point Likert scale to facilitate the participation of respondents with diverse educational backgrounds from the general public and project-affected group. English and Chinese versions were prepared, since the survey was to be conducted in Hong Kong, Beijing and Guangzhou (as members of the 'big four' first-tier cities in Mainland China (the other two are Shanghai and Shenzhen), Beijing and Guangzhou are undergoing similar and relatively high level of urbanisation and economic development (Lin and Gaubatz, 2015;Wang et al, 2015). As a result, these two cities were selected to ensure representativeness and comparability).…”

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Investigating stakeholder concerns during public participation

Skitmore

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal E

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Developing major infrastructure and construction (MIC) projects is complicated, since it involves multifaceted policy issues. As a result, appropriate participatory mechanisms have been increasingly employed to improve the legitimacy of the project decision process. Yet it cannot always guarantee a mutually acceptable solution since the expectations and requirements of multiple stakeholders involved can be diverse and even conflicting. Overcoming this necessitates a thorough identification and careful analysis of the expectations of various stakeholder groups in MIC projects. On the other hand, though most project stakeholder concerns are consistent across the globe, contextual differences may lead to diverse priority levels being attached to these factors. This research, therefore, aimed to examine the perceptual differences between paired stakeholder groups from mainland China mega-cities and Hong Kong in rating their concerns over MIC projects. The research findings are expected to benefit both the Central Government of China and the Government of Hong Kong SAR for coping better with the rapid expansion of MIC projects in the territory and the increasing expectations of social equality, and therefore achieving the much desired harmonious development of the community.

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New Wenzhou: Migration, metropolitan spatial development and modernity in a third-tier Chinese model city

Cited by 11 publications

References 62 publications

The relation between entrepreneurship and rural poverty alleviation in China

The relation between entrepreneurship and rural poverty alleviation in China

Socio-spatial segregation in China and migrants’ everyday life experiences: the case of Wenzhou

Investigating stakeholder concerns during public participation

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