Cover Urban Nomads Building Shanghai; Table of Content ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. Interacting with Urban China ; 1.1 Contemporary Critical Urban Studies ; 1.2 China's Rapid Urbanization ; 1.3 Construction -- A Process ; 1.4 Participants -- Who is Involved? ; 2. People in Motion
2.1 Labour Migration 2.2 Labour Migration in China ; 2.3 The International Business Migrant ; 2.4 A Peculiarity: the Similarities ; 3. Urban Nomads -- Permanently Temporary ; 3.1 Emerging Challenges in Migration Studies ; 3.2 Tailor-Made City Planning and Cocooned Living
4. Shanghai -- Head of the Concrete Dragon 4.1 Urban Transformation in Shanghai ; 4.2 Impacts on the Lived Space ; 4.3 Construction Sites as Research Field ; 5. Global Urban Nomads ; 5.1 Approaching from Within ; 5.2 The Wide Field of Expatriates
5.3 Bubble Worlds -- Spatial Conditions 5.4 Working Challenges ; 6. Rural Urban Nomads ; 6.1 Approaching from Outside ; 6.2 Working Conditions on Site ; 6.3 Spatial Configurations ; 6.4 Social Situation ; 7. Reflecting on Urban Nomads ; 7.1 Reflecting on Global Urban Nomads
7.2 Reflecting on Rural Urban Nomads 7.3 Interrelations between Urban Nomads ; 7.4 Urban Nomads' Right to Shanghai ; 8. Prospects ; 8.1 Fair Building ; 8.2 From Idea to Action ; Acknowledgement ; Glossary ; Bibliography ; Table of Figures
Summary
This book takes a close look at the interrelated phenomena of international business migrants and rural migrant workers in Shanghai. Through separate case studies it observes them in parallel and sheds light on the spatial implications of both groups' migrant status. The authors' uncovering of harsh and inadequate living and working conditions affecting rural migrant workers in the construction industry in Shanghai leads to the development of a concept of "Fair Building", a socially-conscious architecture that calls for accountability in ensuring that stakeholders involved in the construction process contribute to a sustainable urbanization
Notes
Results of a research project carried out between 2008 and 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-135)
