TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bronner,Ulrike
AU  - Knierbein,Sabine
AU  - Reikersdorfer,Clarissa
TI  - Urban Nomads Building Shanghai: Migrant Workers and the Construction Process 
T2  - Urban Studies
SN  - 9783837633443
AV  - HD8039.B892 C625 2016
U1  - 300330 
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Bielefeld
PB  - transcript Verlag
KW  - Construction workers
KW  - China
KW  - Shanghai
KW  - Foreign workers
KW  - Migrant labor
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Asia
KW  - City
KW  - Fair Building
KW  - Migration
KW  - Social Sustainability
KW  - Sociology of Work and Industry
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Urban Studies
KW  - Work
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Content --; Preface --; Introduction --; 1. Interacting with Urban China --; 2. People in Motion --; 3. Urban Nomads --; 4. Shanghai – Head of the Concrete Dragon --; 5. Global Urban Nomads --; 6. Rural Urban Nomads --; 7. Reflecting on Urban Nomads --; 8. Prospects --; Acknowledgement --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Table of Figures; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839433447?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839433447
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783839433447/original
ER  -