Abstract
Our world is filled with slums. Low-income settlement is a universal issue existing in many countries with different income levels. Poverty is a challenge in both the Third world and newly emerging economies and can be found in any country, or any major city. As in other countries, slums or low-income districts in Liaoning Province are residential areas of the urban poor and have similar external characteristics, but underneath that exterior, the causes behind the formation of the shantytowns, the characteristics of the residents, and the manner in which reform has been implemented are all remarkably varied and distinct. Since the Era of reformation and opening up, the largest scale of accelerating urbanization process in human history began in China.
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The characteristics of Chengjia community, Benxi City, Xinming Street can be summarized as “Two Lows; Four Manys”: The two lows are low economic income and low levels of education and culture. The Four Manys are: Many poor people; many households are like four-walled prisons, residents but a step from being vagabonds; many sick people, particularly mentally sick; many people who have served prison terms, and rampant disorder in society; many laid-off workers who suffer from loss of all resources. In 2006, there were 1,000 unemployed people, 197 living off an economic minimum, and many very close to extreme poverty.
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The housing price before reconstruction was set at 550 RMB/m2, while the marketable apartments in area C sold for 1,590 RMB/m2. Profit from selling the apartments on the market was used in construction of the residences.
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Some people critic this option and think it is impossible to return to a certain value after people undergo a certain impact. Since relative study relates to behavior economics and no detail is available here, please refer to Lou Lingli (2009) and other references.
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President Hu Jintao gave a speech in Yale University: “pay attention to person’s value, right, and freedom; pay attention to person’s life quality, development potential and happiness index and finally realize human being comprehensive development|.”
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Ni, P., Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, B., Chen, F. (2015). The Social Impact of Transformation on Subjective Well-being of Residents. In: Urban Innovation and Upgrading in China Shanty Towns. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43905-0_7
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