Reduction of industrial land beyond Urban Development Boundary in Shanghai: Differences in policy responses and impact on towns and villages

With the rapid development of urbanization, Shanghai is facing a situation in which the scale of construction land is reaching its “ceiling” in terms of city planning. Against the background of the "negative growth of construction land", Shanghai has issued policies in recent years about industrial land reduction beyond the Urban Development Boundary (UDB), in order to get extra urban construction land quota and control the disorderly spread of rural construction land. This article aims to identify the particular characteristics of different types of towns that cause the different responses to these policies and evaluate the impact of these policies on the interests of towns and villages. According to the response of towns, actively responsive towns and passive action towns are divided, which are caused by the towns’ characteristics, including economic strength, the demand for land development, the location and the compensation expectations of the farmers. After the industrial land reduction, the town-level tax revenue, the rent income of the village collective economic organizations and the local employability of the labor force will be reduced. However, industrial land reduction may directly reduce public management costs, reduce pollution sources, and improve the ecological environment. In addition, matching regional development policies are proposed to contribute to the implementation of industrial land reduction. Results of the present study can provide new theoretical reference for rural renewal, improve the existing reduction policies and be popularized in dealing with rural industrial land reduction issues in different regions in China.

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