Lin, S; Wu, F; Li, Z; (2021) Beyond neighbouring: Migrants' place attachment to their host cities in China. Population, Space and Place , 27 (1) , Article e2374. 10.1002/psp.2374.

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The existing literature on migrants' social integration tends to focus on neighbourhood. Few studies have explored migrants' place attachment to their host cities, which might be a better scale for social integration. Drawing on the 2014 China Migrants Dynamic Survey, this paper examines migrants' place attachment and explores how it is influenced by individual status and the factors of social and physical environment. It is found that migrants who live in commodity housing are more likely to feel attached to their cities in contrast with those who live in urban and rural villages. Although substantial evidence has shown that urban villages serve as an important venue for migrants' entry into the city and demonstrate strong neighbourly interactions, living in these neighbourhoods does not enhance migrants' place attachment to their cities. This claim is further supported by another finding that migrants who live in local resident‐dominated neighbourhoods tend to feel more attached to the city.

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