Agricultural land protection in China: a case study of local governance in Zhejiang Province
Agricultural land protection in China: a case study of local governance in Zhejiang Province
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DOI：
10.1016/s0264-8377(01)00026-6
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发表时间：
2001-10-01
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影响因子：
7.1
通讯作者：
Joseph, AE
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作者：
Skinner, MW;Kuhn, RG;Joseph, AE
1978年改革开放以来，中国经济的快速发展带来了重大的经济、社会和环境变化。这一变化的后果之一是加剧了农业土地丧失和退化的现有趋势。虽然1978年的改革及其影响受到了相当多的审查，相对较少的研究一直针对地方政府的结构和做法的演变与农业土地保护政策的执行之间的关系。本文以浙江省湖州市为例，对这一关系进行了分析。浙江省位于东部沿海地区，1978年至1995年期间的人均年增长率在中国最高。湖州市是浙江省北方的经济增长中心。对40名关键信息提供者的实际知识和看法的综合分析表明，尽管制定了一个全面的农业土地保护法律的框架，但地方一级对政策的解释仍然允许以农业土地的丧失（以及随之而来的环境代价）来换取经济增长的增加。这表明有必要重新评估中国地方政府在农业土地保护问题上的作用;既要关注政策本身，也要关注政策的实施方式。中国行政责任的下放和强大的地方经济利益的影响力日益增加，将为这种重新关注地方层面的研究提供动力。(C)2001爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
China's rapid economic development following the 1978 reforms has resulted in significant economic, social and environmental change. One consequence of this change has been the accentuation of an existing trend of agricultural land loss and degradation. Although the 1978 reforms and their impacts have been subjected to considerable scrutiny, relatively little research has been directed towards the relationship between the evolution of local government structures and practices and the implementation of agricultural land protection policies. This paper presents an analysis of this relationship in Huzhou Municipality, Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang Province is situated on the eastern seaboard and exhibited the highest average annual per capita growth in China between 1978 and 1995. Huzhou Municipality is a growth centre in the northern part of the province. A synthesis of the factual knowledge and perceptions of 40 key-informants suggests that despite the development of a comprehensive legal framework for agricultural land protection, the interpretation of policy at local levels continues to permit the loss of agricultural land (and attendant environmental costs) to be traded-off against increased economic growth. This suggests a need to re-evaluate the role of local levels of government in China with respect to agricultural land protection issues; to look as much at the ways policies are implemented as at policies themselves. The devolution of administrative responsibility in China and the increasing influence of powerful local economic interests will provide an impetus for such a re-focussing of research at local levels. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.