In the first systematic documentation of the pattern and
processes of land development taking place in China in the last two
decades George C.S Lin advocates a fresh and innovative approach
that goes beyond the privatization debate to probe directly into
the social and political origins of land development. He
demonstrates the special and paradoxical nature of China 's land
development and challenges the perceived notion of a causal
relationship between property rights definition, efficient land
use, and sustained economic growth.
In contrast to the existing literature in which changes in urban
and rural land are treated separately, the rural-urban interface is
shown to be the most significant and contentious locus of land
development where competition for land has been intensified and
social conflicts frequently erupted.
Theoretically provocative and empirically well-grounded,
Developing China provides a systematic, insightful, and
authoritative account of the enormous development of China 's
precious land resources. As such, it will be of great interest to
scholars, students, and professional practitioners in the fields of
development studies, political economy, regional political ecology,
planning, economics, geography, land use management, and
sustainable development with a special focus on contemporary China
under market transition.
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