A STUDY ON THE MODERNIZATION PROCESS OF HOUSINGS IN CHINESE FARM VILLAGES : The case of No. 2 villager association, Yongding village, Jingxinzhou town, Nanjing city, China

Studies interest in the modernization process of housings in farm villages in China have been about transformations of spatial compositions, especially analyses of typology of floor plans and composition of living spaces of traditional houses and housings for ethnic minority. This study aims to clarify the process through the relationship between housing renovations including rehabilitations and the diffusion of living equipments such as electric home appliances. From the questionnaire and the supplemental interview survey, the modernization process of housing in farm villages can be described with not only the modernization of way of living and the democratization of domesticity but also the diffusion of living equipments in daily life, the change of livelihood and financial resources of housing improvement, the standard of life, the living conditions, the status symbol and kinds of ostentation like sense of identifying with others.