title: New trends and problems in urbanization:  a survey of farmers who moved into townships in the Shanghai suburbs.
abstract: Results are presented from a survey conducted in China to evaluate 1984 changes in a rural migration policy.  "To reflect the new trends and problems of the urbanization of the rural population in Shanghai suburbs in the light of the policy, the Institute of Population Studies of East China Normal University conducted a sampling survey, in early 1989, of the farmers who had moved into townships in the Shanghai suburbs in recent years.  From the seven townships selected, a total of 1,057 samples were obtained, representing 17.0% of the total number of farmers who had moved into the townships."
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; China; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Geographic Factors; Migration; Migration Policy; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Rural-urban Migration; Social Policy; Spatial Distribution; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization