Article: Land commodification: New land development and politics in China since the late 1990s

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TitleLand commodification: New land development and politics in China since the late 1990s
AuthorsXu, J
Yeh, A1
Wu, F2
KeywordsChina
Land commodification
Land development
Issue Date2009
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/IJURR
CitationInternational Journal Of Urban And Regional Research, 2009, v. 33 n. 4, p. 890-913 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00892.x
AbstractThis article examines the development of the land market in China since the late 1990s. It analyses new practices in which urban space is commodified through ad hoc market development, and argues that the structure of the land market is indeed becoming more complicated and that land sales are pervasive and rampant. Under such circumstances, the state has rearticulated its function in land governance in order to apply a more consolidated regulatory power. The politics behind the development of the land market and the rearticulation of the state are explored with reference to the changing role of the state in land commodification. It is argued that, if we understand the market as an emerging institution, the development of the market has been supported by the state. Regulatory land control is becoming a new way for the state to be involved in space commodification. © 2009 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2009 Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN0309-1317
2011 Impact Factor: 1.339
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.036
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00892.x
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000273018700002
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorXu, J
dc.contributor.authorYeh, A
dc.contributor.authorWu, F
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-31T13:36:03Z
dc.date.available2010-10-31T13:36:03Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the development of the land market in China since the late 1990s. It analyses new practices in which urban space is commodified through ad hoc market development, and argues that the structure of the land market is indeed becoming more complicated and that land sales are pervasive and rampant. Under such circumstances, the state has rearticulated its function in land governance in order to apply a more consolidated regulatory power. The politics behind the development of the land market and the rearticulation of the state are explored with reference to the changing role of the state in land commodification. It is argued that, if we understand the market as an emerging institution, the development of the market has been supported by the state. Regulatory land control is becoming a new way for the state to be involved in space commodification. © 2009 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2009 Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal Of Urban And Regional Research, 2009, v. 33 n. 4, p. 890-913 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00892.x
dc.identifier.citeulike6495838
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00892.x
dc.identifier.epage913
dc.identifier.hkuros182878
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000273018700002
dc.identifier.issn0309-1317
2011 Impact Factor: 1.339
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.036
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-77950769082
dc.identifier.spage890
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/127619
dc.identifier.volume33
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/IJURR
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.rightsThe definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectLand commodification
dc.subjectLand development
dc.titleLand commodification: New land development and politics in China since the late 1990s
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. Cardiff University