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Belonging to a Place

An Analysis of the Perceptions of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

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ID4486572
AutoresXu Huang (0000-0003-3472-6822), Bo Zhao (0000-0002-7834-6672), Ye Liu (0000-0003-1002-0358), Desheng Xue (0000-0002-5727-9511)
Año2020
Volumen110
Número3
Páginas406-424
Fecha de publicación2020-07-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gere.12366
OpenAlexW2949213625
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas50

The predominant trend has been rapid and unprecedented migration from rural to urban China since the mid-1980s. This dramatic demographic change has profoundly reshaped the migrants’ sense of the newly settled place. By examining the perceptual changes that have occurred in this usual context, we attempted to analyze the impact of social connection on the migrants’ sense of belonging to the host cities. In order to accomplish this, we conducted an empirical study featuring 12,807 rural-to-urban migrants across eight Chinese cities. We found that their contact with residents who were not related to them was positively linked to the development of a sense of belonging in the host cities, whereas contact with only nonresidents had the opposite effect. In addition, we also observed that one’s sense of belonging is mostly fostered by one’s direct interaction with a place, but it could be also be indirectly mediated via social contacts. Furthermore, the context of place will affect one’s affinity for it. Also, the availability of public services generates positive feelings regarding the new place, whereas large population size has the opposite effect. This study deepened our understanding about migrants’ subjective sense place and revealed the inherent complexity in this relationship

Affect (linguistics · China · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Feeling · Geography · Immigration · Internal migration · Perception · Place attachment · Political science · Population · Rural area · Sense of community · Sense of place · Sociology · Demography · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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Citas por año3,8
Intervalo de citas2021 - 2026 (6)
Velocidad de citacióncurrent
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