Si-ming Li is currently Director of David C Lam Institute of East-West Studies and Chair Professor of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Shenjing He is an Associate Professor at the department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong.

Kam Wing Chan is Professor of Geography at the University of Washington.

This book examines the complex forms and processes underlying China's recent migration and urbanization: the circulatory of migration, residential mobility and precariousness of migrants, as well as the conflicts and strategies used by communities and neighbourhoods to defend their interests.

1. Migration, Communities and Governance in Chinese Cities: Unfolding Forms and Processes 2. Instability of Labour Migrant Supply in China: Evidence from Source Area for 1987-1998 3. Residential Mobility within Guangzhou City, China, 1990-2010: Local Residents Versus Migrants 4. Participation and Expenditure of Migrants in the Illegal Lottery in China's Pearl River Delta 5. The Effects of Residential Pattern and Chengzhongcun Housing on Segregation in Shenzhen, China 6. Space to Manoeuvre: Collective Strategies of Indigenous Villagers in the Urbanizing Region of China 7. Neighbourhood Conflicts in Urban China: from Consciousness of Property Rights to Contentious Actions 8. Homeowners' Associations and Neighbourhood Governance in China 9. Creating and Defending Concept of Home in Suburban Guangzhou