Title
China's urban construction land development : the state, market, and peasantry in action / Tao Liu.
ISBN
9789811505652 (electronic book)
9811505659 (electronic book)
9789811505645
9811505640
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvii, 474 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-15-0565-2 doi
10.1007/978-981-15-0
Call Number
HT384.C6
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.760951
Summary
This book examines the nature and internal dynamics of Chinas urban construction land (UCL) development, drawing insights from the recently developed theory of regional political ecology. Based on the authors original research, it identifies two different types of UCL development in China, namely top-down, formal development in the legal and regulated domain, and spontaneous and informal, bottom-up development in the semi-legal, poorly regulated gray domain. Presenting a systematic analysis and comparison, it reveals a scale and speed of informal land development no less significant than that of formal land development, although informal land development tends to be scattered, pervasive, difficult to track, and largely overlooked in research and policy formation. Contrary to the popular perception of the peasantry as passive victims of land development, this book uncovers an intriguing dynamic in which the peasantry has played an increasingly (pro)active role in developing their rural land for urban uses in informal markets. Further, based on an investigation of UCL development in Beijing and Shenzhen, it shows an interesting trajectory in which the uneven growth and utilization of UCL are contingent upon the various developmental milieus in different places. Chinas land institutions, based on an urban-rural dual land system, are not conducive to the ultimate goal of saving and efficiently utilizing land. Accordingly, an urban-rural integrated land market and management system is highly advisable. The theoretical and empirical enquiry presented challenges the perceived notion of Chinas UCL development as the outcome of market demand and state supply. Further, it argues for an inclusive treatment of the informality that has characterized urbanization in many developing countries, and for a reassessment of the role played by the peasantry in land-based urbanization.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Access Note
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 23, 2019).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9789811505645
