| ID | 078481 |
| Title Proper | Institutions and local growth coalitions in China's urban land reform |
| Other Title Information | the case of Hangzhou High-Technology Zone |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Qian, Zhu |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | China's urban land reform is a gradualist process of transforming a planned land allocation system to an open land market system, while the ownership of the land remains under the control of the state. This process defines the relationships between local government and emerging non-public interest groups in the land development process. These issues can be most clearly seen in the State-Approved Development Zones, where municipalities have been encouraged to promote economic development and test out land policy initiatives. Using the institutionalist and urban growth machine analytical approaches to land development processes, this study examines the operation of development processes and the role of local government and its relationship with other interest groups. By employing a case study research strategy, focused upon the Hangzhou High-Technology Zone, the study uncovered a local government-led growth coalition which featured participation by other interest groups and revealed the applicability and variations when applying two strands of theories to a socialist economy in transition. Besides the land reform policy implications drawn from the case study evidence, the study concludes that the presence of interest groups and the missing community organisations unique to China give new theoretical implications and that both theories work much better with the economic domain than with the political domain largely because of a lagged political reform |
| `In' analytical Note | Asia Pacific Viewpoint Vol. 48, No.2; Aug 219-233 |
| Journal Source | Asia Pacific Viewpoint Vol. 48, No.2; Aug 219-233 |
| Key Words | China ; High-Technology Zone ; Local Growth Cozlitions ; Urban Land Reform |