Spatial Justice and Residents’ Policy Acceptance: Evidence from Construction Land Reduction in Shanghai, China

Keqiang Wang, Jianglin Lu (), Hongmei Liu, Fang Ye, Fangbin Dong and Xiaodan Zhu
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Keqiang Wang: School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
Jianglin Lu: School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
Hongmei Liu: School of Finance and Business, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200233, China
Fang Ye: School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, China
Fangbin Dong: Centre for Shanghai Municipal Construction Land and Land Consolidation, Shanghai 200003, China
Xiaodan Zhu: Centre for Shanghai Municipal Construction Land and Land Consolidation, Shanghai 200003, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: Nowadays, the contradiction between strict construction land supply restriction and excessive construction land demand is extremely prominent. Construction land reduction (CLR) is a policy innovation for economically developed regions designed to solve the tight constraints of the construction land quota as urban development continues in China, however, it leads to a lack of spatial justice. In this study, we address a gap in land use regulation literature regarding regional economic development in fast-developing nations by presenting a quantitative investigation of spatial justice in Shanghai, China. We theoretically analyze the connotation of spatial justice in CLR and its influence on residents’ policy acceptance of CLR. Based on theoretical analysis and using household questionnaires from JJ Town in W District, Shanghai, China, we investigate how spatial justice affects residents’ policy acceptance of CLR through an ordered probit model. The results show that (1) spatial justice strengthens residents’ policy acceptance of CLR; (2) both policy familiarity and participation are important influencing factors that contribute to residents’ policy acceptance of CLR; (3) age, education, household income, the contracting land scale and household population structure also affect residents’ policy acceptance of CLR. (4) Robustness tests support the above findings. Thus, in the process of CLR, it is essential to fully consider the realization of spatial justice to ensure the development of remote suburbs, especially the regions experiencing a net reduction in their construction land.

Keywords: construction land reduction; policy acceptance; rural revitalization; spatial justice; survey; China (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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