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The territorial politics of urban expansion: Administrative annexation and land acquisition
Abstract Urban expansion is a controversial process where territorial conflicts of differing interests and objectives become manifest. The existing interpretations of urban expansion pay insufficient attention to the strategies deployed by municipal governments to resolve the territorial conflicts arising out of urban expansion. This paper identifies two key bargaining arenas through which municipal governments mitigate the territorial complications of urban expansion. First, administrative annexation not only involves municipal governments to gain control over more territory, but also entails strategies adopted to reconcile conflicts created by administrative restructuration, such as offering preferential fiscal and job arrangements. Second, land acquisition is not only about livelihood restoration of landless farmers but is also about converting them into citizens constituting new urban communities and integrating them into the urban mode of production. These bargaining arenas are the sites where the benefits and concessions of urban expansion are negotiated, and they play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of urban expansion by resolving potential conflicts among stakeholders.
Highlights Territorial conflicts are common in urban expansion projects. Territorial conflicts arising from administrative annexation and land acquisition Territorial conflicts can be resolved through bargaining and compromises.
The territorial politics of urban expansion: Administrative annexation and land acquisition
Abstract Urban expansion is a controversial process where territorial conflicts of differing interests and objectives become manifest. The existing interpretations of urban expansion pay insufficient attention to the strategies deployed by municipal governments to resolve the territorial conflicts arising out of urban expansion. This paper identifies two key bargaining arenas through which municipal governments mitigate the territorial complications of urban expansion. First, administrative annexation not only involves municipal governments to gain control over more territory, but also entails strategies adopted to reconcile conflicts created by administrative restructuration, such as offering preferential fiscal and job arrangements. Second, land acquisition is not only about livelihood restoration of landless farmers but is also about converting them into citizens constituting new urban communities and integrating them into the urban mode of production. These bargaining arenas are the sites where the benefits and concessions of urban expansion are negotiated, and they play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of urban expansion by resolving potential conflicts among stakeholders.
Highlights Territorial conflicts are common in urban expansion projects. Territorial conflicts arising from administrative annexation and land acquisition Territorial conflicts can be resolved through bargaining and compromises.
The territorial politics of urban expansion: Administrative annexation and land acquisition
Liu, Minsi (author) / Lo, Kevin (author)
Cities ; 126
2022-04-15
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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