The Transition Mechanism and Revitalization Path of Rural Industrial Land from a Spatial Governance Perspective: The Case of Shunde District, China

Lianma Zhang,Dazhuan Ge,Dongqi Sun,Pan Sun

doi:10.3390/land10070746

Abstract

The transition of rural industrial land has a critical role to play in rural revitalization. The study of rural spatial governance is an important starting point for analyzing the processes and exploring the paths through which the transition of rural industrial land takes place. This study takes the case of Shunde District, China, a typical semi-urbanized area, as its research object and constructs an analytical framework for rural industrial land transition based on spatial governance; it uses this case to conduct an analysis of the spatiotemporal processes and dilemmas involved in rural industrial land transition. Hengding Industrial Park is taken as a specific example to study how the processes and mechanisms involved in the transition of rural industrial land work in practice from a spatial governance perspective, and the path of rural revitalization based on rural spatial governance is discussed. The conclusions are as follows: (1) the fragmentation of rural space, the difficulty of renewing rural industrial land, the chaos of ownership, and the incomplete mechanism of the differentiation and game of multiple subjects, are the main obstacles in the process of rural industrial land transition in Shunde District; (2) since the 1990s, the rural industrial land dominant morphology—including quantity, structure, and so on—and the recessive morphology, including property rights, organizational systems, and input–output efficiency, have all undergone significant changes; (3) the comprehensive governance of rural space under the analytical framework of “matter-ownership-organization,” is an important starting point for analyzing the process of transition of rural industrial land. The “top-down” and “bottom-up” approaches, combining rural spatial governance strategy and the effective participation of multiple subjects, are important means of promoting the transition of rural industrial land; (4) rural spatial governance is conducive to promoting the transition of rural land use and the healthy development of rural space. The experience of semi-urbanized regions with rural revitalization is of vital significance for other regions.

Highlights

With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization, land use has undergone a dramatic transition in both space and function
In the process of improving the system and its mechanisms, opening up a path for multiple subjects to participate in the governance of rural space and building a spatial organization model that serves rural revitalization will help consolidate the foundation for rural development [4]
Starting with the construction of an analytical framework for understanding rural land-use transition based on rural spatial governance, in combination with case studies of the process of rural industrial land transition in Shunde District and Hengding Industrial Park, this article deeply analyzed the internal mechanism of rural industrial land transition from the perspective of rural spatial governance and discussed the promise that the transition and development of rural industries in semi-urbanized regions can bring to rural revitalization in other regions

Summary

Introduction

With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization, land use has undergone a dramatic transition in both space and function. The scale of industrial parks with village-level units is often greatly restricted, and large-scale development cannot be achieved Measures such as land-use improvement and restoration of the ecological environment based on material effective space governance cannot play a positive role. The “top-down” and “bottom-up” negotiation and communication mechanisms in the transition and upgrading of Hengding’s industrial land are the guarantee for the smooth development of spatial governance In this process, the property rights of rural industrial land are more clearly defined, and the fragmentation and inefficient characteristics are ameliorated. In the process of optimizing the industrial structure for rural industrial land, it is first necessary to coordinate the relationship among stakeholders such as multiple levels of government, new land developers, members of joint-stock cooperatives, village collective economic organizations, plant contractors (or second or third landlords). TThhee ttrraannssiittiioonn mmeecchhaanniissmm ooff HHeennggddiinngg IInndduussttrriiaall PPaarrkk uunnddeerr ssppaattiiaall ggoovveerrnnaannccee

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