Sun Sheng Han
Biographic Data
| ID | 3710937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sun Sheng Han |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sun Sheng |
| FAMILY NAME | Han |
| SIGNATURE | HAN S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6542-1354 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 293 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 44 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
What rights and whose rights count? Housing activism in urban redevelopment in Shenzhen
The politics of spatial inclusion in Chinese urban redevelopment is largely dominated by the state, developers and owners. Tenants lacking property rights are typically considered passive victims with little agency. Linking the discourse of “right to the city” to China's urban redevelopment processes, this paper argues that urban villages are spatial products of broader deficits in the rights to appropriate and participate. Our empirical data foc…
Taxi , Chilli and Mobile Party Branch
In China as well as in other countries, migrants often grapple with urban inequities by actively reshaping the functions and meanings of their environments. While acknowledging established frameworks such as place‐making and urban informality, this study adopts a complementary lens, framing migrants’ everyday practices as a process of reterritorialization. This research employs an in‐depth case study of a representative urban village in Shenzhen,…
More justice via participation in Chinese urban redevelopment
Motivations of Citizens and Environmental Ngos
The global governance of urban greenspaces increasingly recognizes the importance of citizen and NGO involvement, since top‐down management often fails to address non‐governmental stakeholders’ diverse perceptions, preferences and demands. Research on public service co‐production and environmental stewardship emphasizes the role of internal and extrinsic motivations in facilitating co‐production, but overlooks value‐driven and organizational moti…
Two relocation strategies
Planning for resilient central-city shopping districts in the post-Covid era
This research explores how central-city shopping districts could be transformed to support a post-Covid lifestyle, where people re-embrace community, local streets and walking while relying more on online shopping. By reviewing metropolitan/city development plans since the 1980s and mapping changes of retail provisions, urban environment and pedestrian movements in Melbourne’s Hoddle Grid in the twenty-first century, this paper shows that plannin…
Complexity of resilience capacities
International Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative
Understanding the structure and complexity of regional greenway governance in China
Regional greenway implementation requires a complex governance structure to deal with regional–local, cross-jurisdictional and cross-sectoral relations. This paper explores how these three intergovernmental relations are shaped by different governance structures and how they influence regional greenway implementation outcomes. An analytical framework was proposed considering four structural factors (size, specialisation, order and anarchy) and Ch…
Institutional Deficiencies in Market-Led Residential Redevelopment in Shenzhen, China
Continuous reform efforts in urban China have scaled back direct government intervention by introducing freer land market trials. Anecdotal evidence reveals, however, that the liberal approach has yielded little advantageous result in Shenzhen, where such experiments are pioneered. By building on new institutionalist concepts and analyzing primary and secondary data, this paper demonstrates that deficiencies of formal rules created a policy vacuu…
The spatial spread of dockless bike-sharing programs among Chinese cities
Wrestling between central and local
Transforming rural housing land to farmland in Chongqing, China
Battambang City, Cambodia
Accra towards a city-region
Urban consolidation, power relations, and dilapidated residential redevelopment in Mutoulong, Shenzhen, China
Recent policy initiatives for urban development have changed the relationships among stakeholders in China’s urban consolidation processes. Building upon Giddens’ (Giddens A (1984) The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.) structuration theory and Ostrom’s (Ostrom E (2005) Understanding Institutional Diversity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press) institutional analys…
Foreign housing investment in Seoul
Development and transition of small towns in rural China
Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Korea
Emerging Polycentricity in Beijing
This paper examines the emerging multiple centre urban spatial structure in Beijing using housing price variation as an indicator. A random sample of 3783 apartment units was used. These apartments were recent sales in 2001, 2003 and 2005. The dataset included transaction prices and main housing attributes gathered from the Beijing Construction Committee. A hedonic price model was calibrated to investigate the importance of the different urban ce…
Art villages in metropolitan Beijing
Planning parameters and household carbon emission
The Location Dynamics of Firms in Transitional Shanghai, 1978-2005
China’s economic reform started in 1978 has brought in profound changes to firms by transforming the state-owned-enterprises and by encouraging the growth of the non-state sector business. These changes have been accompanied by broader institutional changes and economic restructuring in the cities, especially in the larger ones. This paper focuses on the changing spatial distribution patterns and the underlying location factors of firms in differ…
Seoul
Urban expansion in contemporary China
Reflections on China's Open Policy Towards Foreign Direct Investment
HAYTER R. and HAN S. S. (1998) Reflections on China's open policy towards foreign direct investment, Reg. Studies 32 , 1-16. China's open policy of kaifang zhengce assumes that foreign direct investment is an essential mechanism by which technological and other forms of know-how regarding best practices can be transferred into the Chinese economy. Yet, this transfer cannot be assumed to the extent that the know-how desired by China simultaneously…
The Institutional Structure of a Property Market in Inland China
This paper contributes to the understanding of China's urban development by examining the institutional structure of a property market in an inland city: Chongqing. Data were collected from three recent projects through field reconnaissance and interviews. A framework of institutional analysis was used in discussing and interpreting the data. Our analyses revealed an emerging property market with dynamic and evolving new institutions in inland Ch…
Urban expansion in contemporary China
Shanghai between State and Market in Urban Transformation
Economic liberalisation has brought fascinating changes to China's urban development by undermining state control and introducing market forces to economic decision-making, raising the fundamental question of what are the current roles of state and market in urban transformation. By using Shanghai as an example, this paper argues that the stereotype perception of rigid state intervention is no longer applicable towards an understanding of China's…
Seoul
Public housing and ethnic integration in Singapore
Development and transition of small towns in rural China
The Spatial Distribution of Producer Services in Shanghai
This paper examines the location characteristics of the newly emerged producer services in Shanghai. The research questions are: how does the location of producer services fit into Shanghai's spatial context? What are the factors shaping the spatial distribution pattern? Are the spatial distribution and its determinants similar to those observed in other cities? Analyses of data collected from field reconnaissance, interviews and secondary source…
The Geography of Privatization in China, 1978-1996
Economic reform in China since the late 1970s has led to remarkable economic growth and many changes in China's economic geography. Privatization, an important process in deregulating a centrally controlled economy, has been a significant component of China's economic reform and restructuring. Privatization also has significant spatial consequences linked to its role in China's regional economic development. With data from policy documents and st…
Art villages in metropolitan Beijing
Land Acquisition in Transitional Hanoi, Vietnam
This paper examines the institutional changes in Vietnam's urban development that have emerged as the economy has been restructured in a deliberate national policy entitled Doi Moi. The main focus is on the issue of compensation in land acquisition. Data were collected from field reconnaissance surveys, key informant interviews and secondary sources. Findings revealed a clear move towards the establishment of private property rights on land use, …
Wuhan
Chongqing
Urban consolidation, power relations, and dilapidated residential redevelopment in Mutoulong, Shenzhen, China
Recent policy initiatives for urban development have changed the relationships among stakeholders in China’s urban consolidation processes. Building upon Giddens’ (Giddens A (1984) The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.) structuration theory and Ostrom’s (Ostrom E (2005) Understanding Institutional Diversity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press) institutional analys…
Accra towards a city-region
Planning parameters and household carbon emission
The Spatial Pattern of Land Values in Jakarta
Rapid urban development and globalisation have brought dynamic changes to large cities in the developing countries. Yet understanding of the changes has been handicapped by the lack of data and systematic attempts. By using the latest release of land-value data in Jakarta, this paper provides insights into the spatial structure of land values in a typical Third World metropolis. Land values vary drastically from one kelurahan to another, with mos…
The spatial spread of dockless bike-sharing programs among Chinese cities
Transforming rural housing land to farmland in Chongqing, China
Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Korea
Managing motorization in sustainable transport planning
Regional disparities in China's urbanisation
This article examines the inter-provincial, inter-regional and intra-regional disparities of urbanisation in China. Data are collected from census publications, which are province-based and corrected for consistency over time. Three indicators – the coefficient of variation (CV), the Gini coefficient and the Theil index – are calculated for analysis. Findings reveal that the trajectory of regional disparities in urbanisation displays a trend that…
Spatial Structure of Residential Property-Value Distribution in Beijing and Jakarta
An understanding of metropolitan spatial structure in property-value distribution is essential for international real-estate decisionmaking, yet knowledge accumulated in this area is limited because of data and methodology constraints. The author extends knowledge of the area by examining the spatial distribution pattern of housing prices (instead of the much-studied population and employment distributions) and two Pacific-Asia metropolises (rath…
Foreign housing investment in Seoul
Testing hypotheses on construction and development using data on China's provinces, 1990–2000
Reflections on China's Open Policy Towards Foreign Direct Investment
HAYTER R. and HAN S. S. (1998) Reflections on China's open policy towards foreign direct investment, Reg. Studies 32 , 1-16. China's open policy of kaifang zhengce assumes that foreign direct investment is an essential mechanism by which technological and other forms of know-how regarding best practices can be transferred into the Chinese economy. Yet, this transfer cannot be assumed to the extent that the know-how desired by China simultaneously…
Whither China's Market Economy? The Case of Lijin Zhen
Soon after Deng Xiaoping became China's premier in 1978, a program of reform and openness was initiated. Its goals were to introduce free‐market mechanisms into the command economy, to eliminate Mao‐era inefficiencies, and to bring China to parity with developed countries of the West and to a leadership role among Asia's newly industrialized countries. Drastic changes quickly transformed China's planned economy into one of mixed‐market socialism.…
Diminishing farmland and urban development in China
China’s Coastal Cities
The Geography of Privatization in China, 1978-1996
Economic reform in China since the late 1970s has led to remarkable economic growth and many changes in China's economic geography. Privatization, an important process in deregulating a centrally controlled economy, has been a significant component of China's economic reform and restructuring. Privatization also has significant spatial consequences linked to its role in China's regional economic development. With data from policy documents and st…
Shanghai between State and Market in Urban Transformation
Economic liberalisation has brought fascinating changes to China's urban development by undermining state control and introducing market forces to economic decision-making, raising the fundamental question of what are the current roles of state and market in urban transformation. By using Shanghai as an example, this paper argues that the stereotype perception of rigid state intervention is no longer applicable towards an understanding of China's…
Chongqing
The Spatial Pattern of Land Values in Jakarta
Rapid urban development and globalisation have brought dynamic changes to large cities in the developing countries. Yet understanding of the changes has been handicapped by the lack of data and systematic attempts. By using the latest release of land-value data in Jakarta, this paper provides insights into the spatial structure of land values in a typical Third World metropolis. Land values vary drastically from one kelurahan to another, with mos…
Public housing and ethnic integration in Singapore
Testing hypotheses on construction and development using data on China's provinces, 1990–2000
The Institutional Structure of a Property Market in Inland China
This paper contributes to the understanding of China's urban development by examining the institutional structure of a property market in an inland city: Chongqing. Data were collected from three recent projects through field reconnaissance and interviews. A framework of institutional analysis was used in discussing and interpreting the data. Our analyses revealed an emerging property market with dynamic and evolving new institutions in inland Ch…
Wuhan
Spatial Structure of Residential Property-Value Distribution in Beijing and Jakarta
An understanding of metropolitan spatial structure in property-value distribution is essential for international real-estate decisionmaking, yet knowledge accumulated in this area is limited because of data and methodology constraints. The author extends knowledge of the area by examining the spatial distribution pattern of housing prices (instead of the much-studied population and employment distributions) and two Pacific-Asia metropolises (rath…
Polycentric Urban Development and Spatial Clustering of Condominium Property Values
Spatial decentralization is a common measure used by public planners to redistribute urban social and economic activities in order to resolve escalating problems such as crowdedness, pollution, and high cost of living in the central cities. Findings from studies assessing the changing rent gradient of cities, and probability of development around suburban centers, provide insights to the various impacts of spatial decentralization policies. The a…
The Cities of Western China
The paper assesses the urban base for rapid economic development and urbanization projected for western China under the most recent central government policy of "grand development of the western region." It focuses on the socioeconomic characteristics, receptiveness to innovation, and linkages of western China's cities to the world, by utilizing data from government documents and census publications. The analysis reveals remarkable differences am…
Urban consolidation and house prices
Land Acquisition in Transitional Hanoi, Vietnam
This paper examines the institutional changes in Vietnam's urban development that have emerged as the economy has been restructured in a deliberate national policy entitled Doi Moi. The main focus is on the issue of compensation in land acquisition. Data were collected from field reconnaissance surveys, key informant interviews and secondary sources. Findings revealed a clear move towards the establishment of private property rights on land use, …
Regional disparities in China's urbanisation
This article examines the inter-provincial, inter-regional and intra-regional disparities of urbanisation in China. Data are collected from census publications, which are province-based and corrected for consistency over time. Three indicators – the coefficient of variation (CV), the Gini coefficient and the Theil index – are calculated for analysis. Findings reveal that the trajectory of regional disparities in urbanisation displays a trend that…
Managing motorization in sustainable transport planning
The Spatial Distribution of Producer Services in Shanghai
This paper examines the location characteristics of the newly emerged producer services in Shanghai. The research questions are: how does the location of producer services fit into Shanghai's spatial context? What are the factors shaping the spatial distribution pattern? Are the spatial distribution and its determinants similar to those observed in other cities? Analyses of data collected from field reconnaissance, interviews and secondary source…
Urban expansion in contemporary China
The Location Dynamics of Firms in Transitional Shanghai, 1978-2005
China’s economic reform started in 1978 has brought in profound changes to firms by transforming the state-owned-enterprises and by encouraging the growth of the non-state sector business. These changes have been accompanied by broader institutional changes and economic restructuring in the cities, especially in the larger ones. This paper focuses on the changing spatial distribution patterns and the underlying location factors of firms in differ…
Seoul
Emerging Polycentricity in Beijing
This paper examines the emerging multiple centre urban spatial structure in Beijing using housing price variation as an indicator. A random sample of 3783 apartment units was used. These apartments were recent sales in 2001, 2003 and 2005. The dataset included transaction prices and main housing attributes gathered from the Beijing Construction Committee. A hedonic price model was calibrated to investigate the importance of the different urban ce…
Art villages in metropolitan Beijing
Geography (37 works) · Economics (33 works) · Political science (27 works) · China (26 works) · Economic geography (24 works) · Business (22 works) · Economic growth (22 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (16 works) · Regional science (15 works) · Economy (14 works)