Zhumin Xu
will speak at the annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) in Greenville, SC, USA on October 24-27, 2019.
Summary of his presentation
: Using Lefebvre's concept of "the right to the city," this presentation politicizes the discourse of housing along with the land supply system and reveals its social value. The right to the city is defined as a socio-economic right to housing here. This presentation argues that firstly the lack of secure housing for all has pushed migrant workers to live in informal housing in China. Secondly, standardization of informal housing led to gentrification with eviction of migrant workers. This research suggests that city governments, enterprises, and other stakeholders should work together to renovate "urban villages" and include them in the affordable housing system.
The program