International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2016
The Role of Urban Villages in the Urbanization Process in China: The Case of Shenzhen
Publication: ICCREM 2016: BIM Application and Off-Site Construction
ABSTRACT
As a unique phenomenon of urbanization in China, the emergence of urban villages has attracted considerable attention from the academic community. Adopting an institutional approach on land development, this study analyzes how the land property rights regime affects village-led land development behaviors and spatial outcomes in urban villages. Using a set of reliable data from Shenzhen, the empirical study shows that although unequal land rights under the current land property rights regime impose severe institutional constraints to the development of urban villages, they actually play a much more important and diversified role in China’s urbanization than previously recognized. As the primary developers of urban villages, villagers have adopted various land development strategies in response to the changing market environment and internal economic conditions in the dynamic urbanization process. These dynamic strategies have contributed to the coexistence of sub-optimal industrial development and high-quality housing development in urban villages.
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ICCREM 2016: BIM Application and Off-Site Construction
Pages: 1256 - 1268
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Mohamed Al-Hussein, Ph.D., Professor, University of Alberta, Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Yimin Zhu, Ph.D., Professor, Louisiana State University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8027-4
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Published online: Aug 14, 2017
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