Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/145274 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10140
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Despite the massive forced relocation of residents during urban restructuring in China, there are no systematic studies on how residents undergo the process. Most studies concerning urban restructuring in China directly equate forced relocation with displacement, which has a negative connotation. This negative view overlooks the multifaceted effects of forced relocation on relocatees. This paper aims to develop a critical understanding of the forced relocation of residents during urban restructuring in China. It takes forced relocation to be a process with changing contents over time, and as a specific type of residential mobility that occurs in the context of urban restructuring. This paper presents a conceptual model that includes different stages and contexts to analyse the experiences of relocatees during forced relocation. It divides the process of forced relocation into three stages – the pre-demolition stage, the transitional stage and the post-relocation stage – and investigates the social, economic, physical, psychological and behavioural dimensions of the experiences of relocatees at the macro and micro levels. We argue that forced relocation in urban China is not necessarily equivalent to displacement. Studying the experiences of relocatees from the household and residential mobility perspectives reveals the dynamic, variable and complex nature of forced relocation.
Subjects: 
experience of relocatees
forced relocation
urban restructuring
displacement
residential mobility
China
JEL: 
O18
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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