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作者

Xu Wang;Linchuan Yang;Yu Ye

来源

CITIES,Vol.92,Issue1,Pages 219-229

语言

英文

关键字

State space;Society;Contention;Housing planting;China

作者单位

Department of Natural Resources of Sichuan Province, China;Department of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China;Department of Natural Resources of Sichuan Province, China;Department of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China

摘要

Existing literature has overemphasized the power of state in the theorization of China's urbanization and transition, and after the reform and opening-up, substantial attention has been given to the interaction between state and market. Comparatively, the role of society has been vastly underestimated. The paper selects housing planting in Hohhot to explain how local villagers contended actively with local states for and over space to increase compensation for land requisition. The contention has caused severe social conflicts, high compensation cost, and forced demolition, thereby threatening local states' land finance and development. Essentially, space has become a useful tool for citizens to preserve their interests. This implies that with the rise of society, China's urbanization is transitioning from a high-speed and low-cost stage to a high-quality and high-cost stage. Due to the changing relation between state, capital, and society, many pertinent institutions need to be adjusted as well. The paper calls for additional attention to the state-society-relation perspective when theorizing China's urban development.