Residential Space Change and Restructure in Shanghai Downtown Area - With the Case of Luwan District, Shanghai-

Abstract: China’s economic growth, together with its adjustment of urban industrial structure and reform in urban housing policy, has led to a significant change in residential space in Shanghai. This paper is a research on the residential space change and restructure in downtown Shanghai. With Luwan District as an example, it looks into the configuration of the residential space in its different historical periods and discusses the development of the residential space in downtown Shanghai with reference to housing type and residents? structure. By analyzing the driving force as well as the internal rules of residential space change, it attempts to find out the general trends of residential space development in Luwan District in specific, and in downtown Shanghai in general.