Housing Wealth Status and Informal Accumulation of Rural Villages at the Rural-Urban Fringe in Shanghai, China
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper attempted to use a large amount of data to determinate housing wealth disparities between villages at rural-urban fringe in Shangai (China).
The topic is interesting, as little literature has focused on it, however the paper needs substantial revisions.
The literature review is mainly presented as brief summaries of the papers cited and it is recommended a broader use of the international existing literature.
The methodology itself applied is just the Gini coefficient, and it is too simple especially considering that a large database is available. Some other statistical analysis should be applied and discussed.
Many sections (e.g. 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.3, 4.3) consist almost exclusively of an endless succession of numerical data. This makes reading the paper very heavy. All of these sections should be rewritten by moving the data into graphs (e.g. histograms, pie charts) as well as tables, allowing the reader to easy compare them, and leaving the explanation on the meaning of the data in text.
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Reviewer 2 Report
English quality has to be dramatically improved before reviewing correctly this article
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Thank you very much for your suggestion, according your comments,we revised the manuscript. The reply please see the attachment.
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Reviewer 3 Report
In my humble opinion, the text sometimes repeats too much information that is presented in tables as well. I have some doubts if the 'research area' part should be located in the methodology section. However, these are only minor disadvantages.
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Thanks very much for your suggestions , we revised the manuscript according to your comments. The reply please see the attachment.
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
The revised paper has been significantly improved by the authors who have rewritten some sections, have made a new data processing, have inserted some graphics and have moved some data to an appendix.
A few small changes are suggested:
Line 287 - word fonts in the figure 2 must be larger;
Line 334 - Figure 4 must be enlarged and divided into two separate figures. The unit of measurement of the x axis and of the columns 'Before extension and recostrution' and 'After extension and recostrution' must be added.
Lines 364, 384, 432 - I would avoid starting a new paragraph with 'Table shows ...' or Figures appear ... ', etc. Authors should first describe what the issue is being addressed and only then say that there is a table or figure.
For example 'The rural housing status of 16 villages in Kangqiao Town has been analysed by collecting several data. Clearly, there were differences in rural housing wealth and accumulation process among these villages (see Table 2). '
Line 521 - Figure 8 is not mentioned in the text. Also the source of the figure must be cited or say if it was made by the authors.
Lines 292, 311, 362, 382, 430, 450, 468, 522, 537, 554 - All sub-sub-titles are very long. It would be better to use shorter and more concise titles. Instead the current sub-sub-titles could become the opening words of the paragraphs.
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thank you very much for your suggestions, and the manuscript was revised with your help. The reply please see the attachement.
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Reviewer 2 Report
English quality has improved significantly and the article interest has risen accordingly.
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