Farmland tenure in China: Comparing legal, actual and perceived security

Land Use Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 293-306

  Ma, Xianlei ^a,b   Heerink, Nico ^a,b,c   Feng, Shuyi ^a   Shi, Xiaoping ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Actual security; China; Land tenure; Legal security; Perceived security

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LEGAL SYSTEM; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SECURITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; POLICY REFORM; SELF GOVERNMENT; TENURE SYSTEM;

CHINA; GANSU; JIANGXI;

EID: 84907343427     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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