Call for Papers: Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers San Francisco,

17-21 April 2007
 

Tentative title: Chinese Cities in Transition

Session organizers: Si-ming Li (HK Baptist University), Youqin Huang (SUNY Albany), Fulong Wu (Cardiff University)

Sponsored by China Specialty Group and possibly Urban Geography Specialty Group

We invite participation in a session or series of sessions that examines the socio-spatial transformations in Chinese cities.  The sessions aim to understand the global and local forces, as well as individual behaviors, that are (re)shaping urban space in Chinese cities.  

Potential topics include but are certainly not limited to the following:

- Housing and land reform
- Housing consumption and inequality
- Residential pattern and residential segregation
- Urban poverty
- Migration, migrants and migrant settlement
- Urban renewal and resettlement
- FDI and its impact on urban space

Interested parties please send your title, abstract and your PIN you receive from AAG to any of the organizers before 15th Oct.  If you have questions, please contact Si-ming Li at lisiming@hkbu.edu.hk, Fulong Wu at wuf@Cardiff.ac.uk or Youqin Huang at yhuang@albany.edu