To reallocate or not: Reconsidering the dilemma in China's agricultural land tenure policy

Land Use Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 805-814

  Wang, Hui ^a   Tong, Juer ^a   Su, Fubing ^b   Wei, Guoxue ^c   Tao, Ran ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Administrative reallocation; China; Efficiency versus equity; Land tenure

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; LAND TENURE; LAND USE PLANNING; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POLICY; VILLAGE;

CHINA;

EID: 79957913553     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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