The Causes and Consequences of Rapid Urbanisation in an Ethnically Diverse Region

Case study of a county town in Yunnan

Bibliographic Data

ID8091720
AuthorsBen Hillman (0000-0001-8159-299X, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume2013
Issue3
Pages25-32
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives chinoises (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1021-9013 • E-ISSN: 2070-3449
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/chinaperspectives.6244
OpenAlexW61757419
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited3

In contrast with China’s coastal regions, where rural urbanisation has largely been a result of industrialisation, urbanisation in the once predominantly rural towns of the interior is sometimes driven by local government policies. This article focuses on a case study of Zhongdian (Shangri-la), where urbanisation has mainly been driven by tourism. It shows that while the problem of land seizures has been generally less violent in this sparsely populated area of the interior, the urbanisation of this ethnically diverse area of northern Yunnan has generated a distinct set of problems. While local officials have strong incentives to pursue policies that promote urbanisation, they have few incentives to pursue policies that promote equal access to the new economic opportunities that accompany urbanisation

China · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Geography · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Industrialisation · Market economy · Political science · Rural area · Urbanization · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy

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