‘There’s no place like no home’: Progressive displacement and silent unmaking of homeless spaces in urban China
Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies
Published online on December 16, 2025
Abstract
Urban Studies, Volume 63, Issue 8, Page 1664-1682, June 2026.
Despite mounting concerns about homelessness in the Global South, scholarship remains disproportionately focused on advanced economies. This article introduces the concept of ‘progress displacement’ – the systematic erosion of survival spaces through ...
Despite mounting concerns about homelessness in the Global South, scholarship remains disproportionately focused on advanced economies. This article introduces the concept of ‘progress displacement’ – the systematic erosion of survival spaces through ...