Rural governance has become a hot topic alongside rapid urbanization, especially in
several Global South countries. Under China's new-type urbanization, rural and suburban …

In this paper, the link between land finance and urban expansion in China is premised on a
conceptual framework emphasizing the distinct role played by local regimes of capital …

Creating Chinese Urbanism describes the landscape of urbanisation in China, revealing the
profound impacts of marketisation on Chinese society and the consequential governance …

This paper examines the recent green turn in China by investigating a large-scale urban
greenway project. Using the perspective of the socio-ecological fix, we demonstrate that …

Despite global academic interest, the field of urban China continues to be dominated by
exceptionalist theorising. Given that the unique properties of Chinese urbanisation present …

This study examines the polymorphous role of the Chinese provincial government in
planning, financing, and constructing intercity railways in the Pearl River Delta region …

Megaregions are often argued to be characterised by complex dynamics of both competition
and cooperation. To better understand this 'co-opetition', this research draws on network …

China is experiencing a tough transformation from rapid growth to quality development, with
extensive implementation of land redevelopment. Previous studies have analyzed the …

In the context of planetary urbanization, urbanization through resettlement in the global
south has garnered increasingly scholarly attention. In China, state-led rural-to-urban …

Urban policy implementation in shrinking cities has been problematic due to actors' different
interests regarding managing shrinkage issues. This issue is presently influencing shrinking …