The main task of this paper is to explore the housing condition and housing policy in the vast but long-neglected middle-sized cities in China. Under the requirement of "Construction of 10 Million Units in 2011" fro...The main task of this paper is to explore the housing condition and housing policy in the vast but long-neglected middle-sized cities in China. Under the requirement of "Construction of 10 Million Units in 2011" from the central government, the affordable housing has started its nationwide building. Medium-sized cities are facing different developing periods but applying same housing policy as big cities. The paper examines the economic and social condition of the case city to find out the housing problems. It concludes that houses are affordable in these medium-sized cities, but housing policies are not implemented well. The paper proposed that housing affordability in medium-sized city is not about quantity but about quality. To keep houses affordable in these medium-sized cities, housing market, legislation, urban planning, public participation and intensive developments are all important.展开更多
The year 2017 is an important one for Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei Province.According to the plan for the integrated development of the three areas,which was issued by the Central Government in 2015,significant progress ...The year 2017 is an important one for Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei Province.According to the plan for the integrated development of the three areas,which was issued by the Central Government in 2015,significant progress should be made by 2017 in relieving Beijing of functions that are non-essential to a capital city,and major breakthroughs should be achieved in building a traffic network linking展开更多
文摘The main task of this paper is to explore the housing condition and housing policy in the vast but long-neglected middle-sized cities in China. Under the requirement of "Construction of 10 Million Units in 2011" from the central government, the affordable housing has started its nationwide building. Medium-sized cities are facing different developing periods but applying same housing policy as big cities. The paper examines the economic and social condition of the case city to find out the housing problems. It concludes that houses are affordable in these medium-sized cities, but housing policies are not implemented well. The paper proposed that housing affordability in medium-sized city is not about quantity but about quality. To keep houses affordable in these medium-sized cities, housing market, legislation, urban planning, public participation and intensive developments are all important.
文摘The year 2017 is an important one for Beijing,Tianjin and Hebei Province.According to the plan for the integrated development of the three areas,which was issued by the Central Government in 2015,significant progress should be made by 2017 in relieving Beijing of functions that are non-essential to a capital city,and major breakthroughs should be achieved in building a traffic network linking