Rural Land Management and Revitalization through a Locally Coordinated Integrated Master Plan—A Model from Germany to China

Uchendu Eugene Chigbu (), Michael Klaus, Wenjun Zhang and Laina Alexander
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Uchendu Eugene Chigbu: Department of Land and Spatial Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Namibia University of Science and Technology, 13 Jackson Kaujeua Street, Private Bag, Windhoek 13388, Namibia
Michael Klaus: Hanns Seidel Foundation Representative Office Shandong, Ling Long Shan Nan Lu 7399, Qingzhou 262500, China
Wenjun Zhang: Hanns Seidel Foundation Representative Office Shandong, Ling Long Shan Nan Lu 7399, Qingzhou 262500, China
Laina Alexander: Department of Land and Spatial Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Namibia University of Science and Technology, 13 Jackson Kaujeua Street, Private Bag, Windhoek 13388, Namibia

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 10, 1-22

Abstract: Land management has its local dimension in rural, peri-urban, and urban perspectives. Recently China adopted rural revitalization in response to the rapid rural–urban migration and the emergence of hollow villages, characterized by declining and ageing populations, limited economic and social opportunities for residents, and depleting natural resources. It covers political, cultural, social, and ecological progress issues for speeding up local development in rural areas. By taking a specific cross-country approach, this study presents the evolution of adapting the experience of Bavarian rural revitalization to Sichuan, China, through the coordinated, integrated master plan approach. It frames an approach to rural revitalization in China by drawing on Bavarian experiences in rural development. The study is based on a pilot project in the Sichuan Province of China undertaken by the Hanns Seidel Foundation to strengthen the Chinese rural revitalization strategy. It addresses the rural development complexity in China through a locally coordinated, integrated master plan based on adapting rural development principles from Bavaria (Germany) to China. It shows that, at the local level, Germany’s rural development principles can be applied to China. It contributes to cross-country, future-orientated support for rural revitalization, strengthening communities, nature protection, and improving the living conditions of rural people.

Keywords: Bavaria; China; Germany; land administration; land management; rural development; rural revitalization; urban–rural land linkages; Sichuan; village renewal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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