Urban villages in China and India: parallels and differences in the village extension process

Matthijs van Oostrum and Kim Dovey

Urban Research & Practice, 2024, vol. 17, issue 2, 218-239

Abstract: Urbanizing villages are erstwhile rural villages that are spatially enveloped and are characterized by their dual relation to the state, which expresses itself as an issue of citizenship; of land ownership; of governance; and building regulations. This paper transcends the current focus on villages in Southern China, by comparing village urbanization between China and India through four narratives of village extensions. Four parallel readings are offered, namely that urban villages are characterized by; shared tenure rooted in their rural past; inherited administrative boundaries that are re-imbued with new legal designations; emulation of traditional practices; and sustained modes of self-governance.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2022.2160656

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