From official blueprint to youth perception: A Q methodology study of the youth-friendly city in Qingdao, China
Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies
Published online on July 27, 2026
Abstract
Urban Studies, Ahead of Print.
In China’s state-led urbanization, the youth-friendly city has become a governance apparatus for securing human capital amid demographic pressures. Yet this official blueprint often instrumentalizes youth as productive assets, creating a rupture with ...
In China’s state-led urbanization, the youth-friendly city has become a governance apparatus for securing human capital amid demographic pressures. Yet this official blueprint often instrumentalizes youth as productive assets, creating a rupture with ...