State-Led Urbanization in China: Skyscrapers, Land Revenue and “Concentrated Villages”

This article examines the rationale behind municipal and local governments' pursuance of urbanization, and the political and socio-economic implications of the policy to move villagers from their farmland into apartment blocks in high-density resettlement areas, or “concentrated villages.” It p...

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Published in:	The China quarterly (London) 2014-03, Vol.217 (217), p.162-179
Main Author:	Ong, Lynette H.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Access Agricultural land Agriculture Apartment Houses Apartments Buildings China Cities Compensation Construction Conversion Developing countries Disadvantaged Displaced persons Economic development Farmlands Financial support High rise buildings Infrastructure Land Land development Land management Land rights Land use planning LDCs Leasing Local Government Minority groups Municipal governments Peasant class Peasants Politics Population Public finance Quotas Registration Relocation Residents Revenue Rights Rural areas Rural communities Service industries Social welfare Socioeconomic factors State Towns Urban areas Urban infrastructure Urban Population Urbanization Villages Welfare state
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