Industrial land development in urban villages in China: A property rights perspective

Habitat International

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 185-194

  Lai, Yani ^a   Peng, Yi ^b   Li, Bin ^c   Lin, Yanliu ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Dual land ownership system; Land development; Property rights; Shenzhen; Urban villages

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; INCENTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE PLANNING; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; VILLAGE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84884233711     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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