Assembling land as a regional resource: A new pattern of state territorialisation in the Pearl River Delta, China

IF 4.7 1区 社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY
Xuan Wang , Xin Li
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Abstract

In China, inter-city cooperation in joint development zones has intensified in recent years, with a shift in land assemblages from the urban scale to the city-regional scale. Such scalar-territorial dynamics, embodying land as a regional resource, have changed the conventional distribution and management system of land and shaped a new pattern of state territorialisation. Drawing on the inherent attributes of land, scarcity and immobility, this paper constructs a theoretical framework to explore how and to what extent land is socially assembled by varied territorial strategies. Through a case study of Shenzhen-Shanwei Special Cooperation Zone in Pearl River Delta, the paper reveals diffuse and porous power networks that operate flexibly at the city-regional scale to control land resources beyond administrative boundaries. And it is precisely because of the flexibility in cross-jurisdictional power flow that uncertainty per se is inherent in the new pattern of state territorialisation. Consequently, follow-up examinations on the ongoing scalar-territorial dynamics are needed in future studies.
土地集聚作为区域资源:珠江三角洲国家属地化的新模式
在中国,近年来联合开发区的城市间合作不断加强,土地组合从城市规模转向城市-区域规模。这种体现土地作为区域资源的尺度-疆域动态,改变了传统的土地分配和管理体制,形成了国家属地化的新格局。根据土地的内在属性、稀缺性和不流动性,本文构建了一个理论框架,探讨了不同的领土战略如何以及在多大程度上对土地进行社会聚集。本文以珠江三角洲深汕特别合作区为例,揭示了在城市-区域尺度上灵活运行、控制行政边界以外土地资源的分散性和多孔性电力网络。正是由于跨管辖区权力流动的灵活性,不确定性本身是国家属地化新模式所固有的。因此,在未来的研究中,需要对正在进行的尺度-区域动力学进行后续研究。
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期刊介绍: Political Geography is the flagship journal of political geography and research on the spatial dimensions of politics. The journal brings together leading contributions in its field, promoting international and interdisciplinary communication. Research emphases cover all scales of inquiry and diverse theories, methods, and methodologies.
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