Essays about: "rural migrants"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 43 essays containing the words rural migrants.
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16. Labour Shortages in China’s Dual-Sector Economy: Has the world’s workshop exhausted its comparative advantage – people?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : In 2004, acute labour shortages were first observed in labour-intensive export-processing sectors in China’s coastal provinces. Paired with rising wages in rural and urban areas, many economists have claimed China has reached its Lewis Turning Point of economic development. READ MORE
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17. An investigation of rural migrants' happiness status in Changsha city : A trial of social urban planning in China's second-tier cities
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : China has among the world’s fastest growing urban region and faced enormous environmental and social challenges that requires a forward thinking of urban planning, which integrates environmental sustainability and social equity into urban resilience. In China, national and provincial urban policies have long focused on economic and industrial developments, whereas social welfare was not account for urban planning until very recently. READ MORE
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18. Implementation of the ”Two Oriented” Policy - A Case Study of Yuyao City Government
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : China’s rapid urbanization process has included a large scale migration of rural labor migrants to the cities since the 1990s. The education problem of their children who migrate together with them also becomes increasingly prominent. In order to allow migrant children enjoy a fair education, China introduced the "two oriented" policy in 2001. READ MORE
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19. Migration and Political Engagement in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : This thesis describes how the migration of people from Isan, the northeastern region of Thailand to Bangkok have allowed them to ‘learn the rules of the [political] game’ (Bourdieu, 1990), and make increasingly vociferous political claims. The thesis describes the political diversity, and the political impacts of migration found within Ubon Ratchathani province, in Village Ban, Amphoe Mueang, and among current migrants from there who are living in Bangkok. READ MORE
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20. Migrating Cities : How to redefine the regional development in China
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : With the rapid development of the urbanization in China, more and more migrants who are mainly from the relatively poor areas move to big cities in order to obtain the economic benefits. However, rather than living condition of migrants and rural development, people pay more attention to the economic development of the city. READ MORE
