From Mahalla to Xiaoqu

Transformations of the Urban Living Space in Kashgar

Bibliographic Data

ID5114216
AuthorsSawut Pawan (1 Xinjiang University Urumqi China [email protected]), Abiguli Niyazi (2 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing China [email protected])
Year2016
Volume18
Issue1
Pages121-134
Publication date2016-05-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInner Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8172 • E-ISSN: 2210-5018
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/22105018-12340056
OpenAlexW2400388918
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited2

Owing to high rates of economic growth and increased urbanization efforts, China raised the country's urbanisation rate to 50 per cent in 2012. 'Old town renewal'-an important component of urbanisation-has significantly affected the lives of urban residents throughout China. This article focuses on urban transformations in the old city of Kashgar in southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. While more and more Chinese scholars are concerned with how effectively to implement the project in the old town itself, only a few are concerned with the resettlement actions caused by the renewal. This paper focuses precisely on this and analyses the challenges related to relocation, changes in the old town community and adaptation strategies in new residential compounds

Adaptation (eye · Archaeology · Biology · China · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Relocation · Urbanization · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Philippine History and Culture · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · History

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