Illegal Farmland Conversion in China's Urban Periphery: Local Regime and National Transitions

Wang, Yiming and Scott, Steffanie 2008. Illegal Farmland Conversion in China's Urban Periphery: Local Regime and National Transitions. Urban Geography 29 (4) , pp. 327-347. 10.2747/0272-3638.29.4.327

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Abstract

Through a case study in a village located in suburban Haikou City, Hainan Province, this article suggests the existence of a local development regime that exercises illegal farmland conversion in China's urban periphery. This regime consists not only of state officials and business investors, but also of local farmers anxious for off-farm employment. Our study highlights the broad transitions that led to the rise of local development regimes in China's urban periphery. These transitions include (1) the development of the local state, (2) farmers' changing relations with local authorities, and (3) the asymmetrical liberalization of land transaction rights in rural and urban areas. Whereas the state government still manages to intervene in the local conversion of farmland, such intervention is increasingly ineffective as economic liberalization intensifies. A series of potential policies are recommended to protect farmland and agricultural livelihoods in the context of rapid urbanization.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Uncontrolled Keywords:	China, farmland, local development regime, property rights, transition
Publisher:	Bellweather
ISSN:	02723638
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2019 09:08
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10702

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