Illegal farmland conversion in China's urban periphery: Local regime and national transitions

Urban Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-347

  Wang, Yiming ^a   Scott, Steffanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Farmland; Local development regime; Property rights; Transition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; LIBERALIZATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; STATE ROLE; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAIKOU; HAINAN;

EID: 44249127715     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.29.4.327     Document Type: Article

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