Administrative hierarchy and urban land expansion in transitional China

Han, Li; Wei, Yehua Dennis; Liao, Felix Haifeng; Huang, Zhiji

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.029

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“…Moreover, the urban land among the three capital cities exhibited a total increase of 670.68 km 2 from 2000 to 2016, accounting for 36.58% of the total urban land expansion at the whole urban agglomeration level. However, the neighboring cities presented smaller areas of urban expansion compared to those of the capital cities, indicating that urban land expansion differs across space and administrative rank [61] and that the development and expansion of urban land are highly related to economic development [2,32,54]. There was also a clear disparity in terms of the urban expansion when cities of different sizes were compared (Table 5) There was also a clear disparity in terms of the urban expansion when cities of different sizes were compared (Table 5).…”

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Satellite Monitoring of Urban Land Change in the Middle Yangtze River Basin Urban Agglomeration, China between 2000 and 2016

Liu

Chen

2017

Remote Sensing

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Detailed studies on the spatiotemporal patterns of urban agglomeration in the Middle Yangtze River Basin (MYRB) are rare. This paper analyzed the spatiotemporal patterns of urbanization in the MYRB using multi-temporal remote sensing data circa 2000, 2008 and 2016 integrated with geographic information system (GIS) techniques and landscape analysis approaches. A multi-level analysis of the rate and intensity, type as well as the landscape changes of urban expansion at regional, prefectural and inner-city levels was performed. Results show that the MYRB experienced rapid urban expansion with an annual expansion rate of 3.199%, especially in the Chang-Zhu-Tan and Poyang Lake metropolitan areas. The small and medium cities presented faster urban expansion than the larger cities with annual growth rates three times the average level. Urban expansion within the three capital cities was further analyzed in detail. It is found that outlying expansion and edge-expansion were the dominant growth patterns at all the three levels. Although urbanization in the MYRB has a remarkable increase in the past sixteen years, its annual growth rate of urban land expansion has fallen behind the three other large urban agglomerations in China as a result. Finally, the spatial evolution of the socioeconomic structure of the MYRB was further explored. It indicated that urban land was distributed mainly along the "northwest-southeast" direction and that the economic spatial interactions among cities showed a pattern of "multi-polarization and fragmentation", which illustrates the weak radiative driving forces of the central cities. The MYRB urban agglomeration faces a great challenge to manage trades-offs between narrowing the intra-regional disparity and maintaining synergetic development among cities.

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Satellite Monitoring of Urban Land Change in the Middle Yangtze River Basin Urban Agglomeration, China between 2000 and 2016

Liu

Chen

2017

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“…A large amount of research within the new economic geography field has also emerged to understand urban land expansion in regions. Regional urban land expansion has attracted considerable scholarly attention both internationally and in China since it is threatening sustainable urban and regional development [14]. The research has provided an understanding on how the city influence is moving to wider regions, thanks to advances in technology, circulation of commodities, de-concentration of manufacturing, and diffusion between the urban and rural.…”

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“…This strong role of urban hierarchical administrative system on the local land use planning and land administration emphasizes how the significant driving forces of the land development are also influenced by the urban hierarchical system or administration levels [14]. Hence, in this research, we have also taken geographical location and administration level into consideration.…”

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Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

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Urban development in China has attracted considerable scholarly attention. However, more work is still needed to examine and understand the mechanisms of urban land expansion, especially within the context of globalization/marketization, decentralization and urbanization. This paper analyzes urban land expansion and structural changes in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). We find that cities in the YRD are experiencing urban land expansion mainly characterized by the growth of residential and industrial land. The dominant characteristics of urban land expansion in cities have also varied within different development and administrative levels. Based on our conceptual framework, we have used multi-models to investigate the driving forces of urban land expansion and structural changes in the YRD. The results reveal that six influencing factors-foreign direct investment (FDI), labor, government competition, institution, population, and job-housing relations-facilitate land use change in the economic transition process. However, their impacts differ in cities in different geographical locations, as well as with different administrative levels. Finally, this paper discusses policies to promote sustainable urban land use in the YRD. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 10282

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“…Hierarchically, Chinese cities have a strict urban administrative hierarchy and cities at a higher administrative level have more available resources for infrastructure construction [38,39]. Regionally, the eastern coastal cities-which have already achieved development priority-have stronger economic strength to invest in urban infrastructure [24,40].…”

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Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

Tao

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Sustainability

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Abstract:In periods of rapid urbanization, investment in urban infrastructure should not only meet the increasing demands of all urban people, but also be equally allocated between cities to achieve social equity and sustainable development. This paper aimed to conduct quantitative research on the unbalance of urban infrastructure investment between cities in China. The measurement models for inequality, bi-polarization and the mobility of urban infrastructure investment were constructed by means of the Gini coefficient, bi-polarization index and mobility function from the urban system, and an empirical study was conducted based on panel data from 2006 to 2014. The results show that: (1) The overall inequality of urban infrastructure investment in China's urban system was relatively prominent and showed a "U-shaped" change generally. (2) The inequality between different administrative levels or regional cities only partially accounted for the overall inequality of China's urban system. (3) Inequality and bi-polarization showed inconsistent performance. (4) Mobility played a positive role in reducing the inequality and bi-polarization. Based on the empirical findings and the reality of China's urban infrastructure investment and financing, targeted policy suggestions were proposed in terms of adjusting inequality and bi-polarization, innovating investment and financing mechanisms, and optimizing urban infrastructure investment strategies.

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Administrative hierarchy and urban land expansion in transitional China

Cited by 197 publications

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Satellite Monitoring of Urban Land Change in the Middle Yangtze River Basin Urban Agglomeration, China between 2000 and 2016

Satellite Monitoring of Urban Land Change in the Middle Yangtze River Basin Urban Agglomeration, China between 2000 and 2016

Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

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