Understanding the Experiences of Relocatees during Forced Relocation in Chinese Urban Restructuring

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Figure 1. Conceptual model.

Table 1. Targeted neighbourhoods for demolition.

	Traditional inner-city neighbourhood	Danwei community	Urban village	Suburban village
Owners	Inner-city citizens/Local housing bureau	SOE or COE or their employees	Rural farmers	Rural farmers
Ownership of the land	Stated-owned land	Stated-owned land	Collectively owned land (by the villagers)	Collectively owned land (by the villagers)
Location	Inner-city centre	Old industrial area	Between inner- city centre and urban periphery	Urban periphery

Source: Summarized from authors’ observations and the literature, such as He (2012), He and Wu (2007), Hin and Xin (2011), Ma (2012), Wu (2004a, 2004b), Liu et al. (2017).

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