Social Stability Risk Assessment of Land Expropriation: Lessons from the Chinese Case.

Chenxi Li,Zenglei Xi

doi:10.3390/ijerph16203952

Abstract

Scholars have paid much attention to the problems existing in the land expropriation risk assessment system and the sound countermeasures from a qualitative perspective. Empirical research on land expropriation social stability risk assessment from the micro-level perspective is limited. This study analyzed the Chinese social stability risk assessment system of land expropriation though a case study of a land expropriation project in China. The current social stability risk assessment system of land expropriation, which includes the assessment purposes, principles, contents, methods, and results, was analyzed. We concluded with lessons and deficiencies from the current social stability risk assessment system. The research findings show that: (1) the current land expropriation risk assessment system mostly takes the land administration department as the main body of responsibility, identifies the risks by means of seminars, visits, letters, and visits, and takes the opinion of the masses or experts as the risk assessment result. (2) The current land expropriation risk assessment system should be standardized in terms of defining the risk assessment of land expropriation, improving the land expropriation risk assessment system and optimizing land expropriation assessment procedures. This paper provides a reference for the sustainable development of land use in rural and urban areas in China.

Highlights

Many developing countries worldwide have undergone very rapid urbanization in recent decades [1,2]
We review research on the evolution of land expropriation policies, causes of land expropriation conflicts, land expropriation conflict management, and social stability risk assessment caused by land expropriation in China
In view of the above unfavorable risk factors that may cause social instability, the following countermeasures and measures were suggested: (1) Risk caused by land expropriation standards and the high expectations of the masses

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Introduction

Many developing countries worldwide have undergone very rapid urbanization in recent decades [1,2]. With this rapid development of urbanization, a large amount of agricultural land has been expropriated as infrastructure and national construction land, which has greatly met the needs of social development. There are many problems in the process of land expropriation that have negative impacts on social stability and development. By promoting more peasants to migrate into urban areas, the process of urbanization fulfills the government’s responsibility to allow more people to enjoy the advantages and benefits of rapid development. Accompanying the rapid urbanization, numerous infrastructures, especially engineering construction projects and modern industrial construction

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