Xin Mai
Biographic Data
| ID | 3635537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xin Mai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xin |
| FAMILY NAME | Mai |
| SIGNATURE | MAI X |
| AFFILIATIONS | South China Normal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3285-2841 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Patterns of onwards migration within the urban hierarchy of China
This paper examines onwards migration patterns and the factors that influence them in urban China. In contradiction to Ravenstein’s laws of step migration, we argue that movement up the urban hierarchy does not dominate onwards migration in the Chinese context. Using the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, we model how past migratory experiences intersect with migrants’ demographic and socio-economic characteristics to explain the stay-versus-mov…
Cultivating an Alternative Subjectivity Beyond Neoliberalism
In the literature, community gardens feature as contested spaces: They are radical spaces used by grassroots movements to claim the “right to the city,” organized garden projects attached to neoliberal strategies, or physical breeding grounds for neoliberal citizen-subjectivity. Long established in many Western contexts, community gardens were not evident in China until a group of scholar-activists in Shanghai initiated the practice in 2016. Draw…
Situational differences, migratory duration, and social integration of internal migrants in urban China
The nexus between (re)production of space and economic resilience
Spotlight on… Urban resilience
This article discusses the concept of resilience and its theoretical contributions to urban geography. After a review of the evolution of resilience in studies of engineering, ecology and social sciences, the article outlines the potential contributions of resilience with regard to related concepts such as stability, competitiveness and sustainability. It highlights that resilience thinking challenges the conventional mentality of planning and re…
Situational differences, migratory duration, and social integration of internal migrants in urban China
The nexus between (re)production of space and economic resilience
Cultivating an Alternative Subjectivity Beyond Neoliberalism
In the literature, community gardens feature as contested spaces: They are radical spaces used by grassroots movements to claim the “right to the city,” organized garden projects attached to neoliberal strategies, or physical breeding grounds for neoliberal citizen-subjectivity. Long established in many Western contexts, community gardens were not evident in China until a group of scholar-activists in Shanghai initiated the practice in 2016. Draw…
Patterns of onwards migration within the urban hierarchy of China
This paper examines onwards migration patterns and the factors that influence them in urban China. In contradiction to Ravenstein’s laws of step migration, we argue that movement up the urban hierarchy does not dominate onwards migration in the Chinese context. Using the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, we model how past migratory experiences intersect with migrants’ demographic and socio-economic characteristics to explain the stay-versus-mov…
Spotlight on… Urban resilience
This article discusses the concept of resilience and its theoretical contributions to urban geography. After a review of the evolution of resilience in studies of engineering, ecology and social sciences, the article outlines the potential contributions of resilience with regard to related concepts such as stability, competitiveness and sustainability. It highlights that resilience thinking challenges the conventional mentality of planning and re…
The nexus between (re)production of space and economic resilience
Situational differences, migratory duration, and social integration of internal migrants in urban China
Patterns of onwards migration within the urban hierarchy of China
This paper examines onwards migration patterns and the factors that influence them in urban China. In contradiction to Ravenstein’s laws of step migration, we argue that movement up the urban hierarchy does not dominate onwards migration in the Chinese context. Using the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, we model how past migratory experiences intersect with migrants’ demographic and socio-economic characteristics to explain the stay-versus-mov…
Cultivating an Alternative Subjectivity Beyond Neoliberalism
In the literature, community gardens feature as contested spaces: They are radical spaces used by grassroots movements to claim the “right to the city,” organized garden projects attached to neoliberal strategies, or physical breeding grounds for neoliberal citizen-subjectivity. Long established in many Western contexts, community gardens were not evident in China until a group of scholar-activists in Shanghai initiated the practice in 2016. Draw…
Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic geography (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · China (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works)