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dc.contributor.authorWebster, Douglasen
dc.contributor.authorBertaud, Alainen
dc.contributor.authorJianming, Caien
dc.contributor.authorZhenshan, Yangen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-18-
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T13:16:37Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-15T13:16:37Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-335-8en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/54036-
dc.description.abstractLand efficiency in urban China is examined, using Tianjin as a case study, from the perspective of agricultural land conservation; reduction in energy use, conventional pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions; and human time savings. Issues addressed include increased scatter on the periphery, over-consumption of industrial land, over fiscal dependence on land sales, and loss of valuable agricultural and environmental services land. Policy implications discussed include the need for greater variation in urban densities (leveraging already high densities in urban China - one-third the global median), less broad-brush agricultural land conservation policies, higher floor area ratios near rapid transit stations, etc.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Working Paper |x2010/97en
dc.subject.jelR0en
dc.subject.jelR5en
dc.subject.jelR14en
dc.subject.jelR52en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordChinaen
dc.subject.keywordland conversionen
dc.subject.keywordland efficiencyen
dc.subject.keywordland use policyen
dc.subject.keywordurban densityen
dc.titleToward efficient urban form in China-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn636859665en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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