Developing China

Following the phenomenal growth and structural changes of the Chinese economy, George C.S Lin examines the important contribution of China's land as a factor of production in both a rural and urban context.

George C.S. Lin is Head of the Department of Geography in the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include China's urban development and urbanization, land use and land management, the growth of urbanism, rural industrialization and regional development in the Pearl River Delta, transnationalism, cross-border population mobility, and the geography of Chinese diaspora.

Part 1: Understanding China's Land Development Processes 1. Introduction: The Myths of China's Land Development 2. The Debate over China's Ambiguous Land Property Rights 3. Social and Political Origins of Land Development Part 2: Land Development in Contemporary China 4. The Evolving Land System and Land Markets 5. Land Resource Base and its Changing Utilization 6. Re-utilizing Agricultural Land 7. Expansion of Construction Land Part 3: Urbanization and Land Development in Different Regional Contexts 8. City-centered Urbanization and Land Development: Guangzhou and Hefei 9. Land Development under Rapid Industrialization and Urbanization: Jiangsu 10. Land Development under Marketization and Globalization: Guangdong 11. Conclusion: A Developing China and its Challenges