Coastal Area, Inland China, and Urban Development

Vocabulary flashcards covering Chinese urbanization, traditional hutongs, urban villages, housing density, and inland development policies.

Infrastructure

The essential physical structures and facilities developed by the Chinese government in inland China to attract businesses, boost employment, and prevent regional depopulation.

Hutongs

Old, traditional Chinese neighbourhoods constructed with a rectangular street pattern, featuring a central courtyard surrounded by the houses of about ten to twelve families.

Urban villages

Former rural villages that have become entirely enclosed by urban development, whose residents lost their agricultural land and now earn a living renting cheap accommodation to migrants.

Housing density

The concentration of housing and residential space in a specific area, described as being very high in cluttered, poorly built immigrant neighbourhoods.

Inland China development policy

The strategy used by the Chinese government to bring employment to inland regions through infrastructure improvement, low taxes, and less stringent environmental regulations.

Unregistered migrants

An estimated $250\text{ million}$ people in China who live in cities without official registration, leaving them without official rights to education, housing, and healthcare.