Decentralization in a centralized system: Project-based governance for land-related public goods provision in China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Land Science and Property Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China;2. Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing 101149 China;3. Department of Geography, Kent State University, OH, USA;4. College of Recourse and Environment, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forest University, Hangzhou 311311, China;5. Department of Geography, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;1. School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing, China;2. Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;3. Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China;4. Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;1. School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210023, China;2. Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada;1. School of Land Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, 29 Xueyuan Rd., Beijing, 100083, China;2. Key Lab of Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’S Republic of China, 37 Guanying Rd., Beijing, 100035, China;3. School of Information Engineer, China University of Geosciences, 29 Xueyuan Rd., Beijing, 100083, China;1. Center for Population and Development Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100871, China;2. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;4. Peking-University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Beijing 100871, China;5. Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | The present paper describes a project-based governance approach for public goods provision in the domain of land administration, which is a new decentralized structure within the traditional centralized system in China. Project-based governance represents a new relationship between the central and local governments that aims to cooperatively provide land-related services for public interest projects. The top–down project allocation from the central government and the bottom–up project packaging by local governments together successfully improve the incentives of the local governments and, therefore, achieve the central government’s aim of providing public goods and fostering economic development. We use Fujian Province of China as an example to show the operational process of the project-based governance approach, and we discuss in detail the features and potential effects of the new governance system. The paper may provide new evidence for governance innovation regarding decentralization in a traditionally centralized system. |
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| Keywords: | Decentralization Project-based governance Land administration China |
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