How Efficient is the Urbanization Process in China?

Yitian Ren (), Weisheng Lu, Liyin Shen, Yu Zhang and Zhi Liu
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Yitian Ren: Chongqing University
Weisheng Lu: University of Hong Kong
Liyin Shen: Chongqing University
Yu Zhang: Chongqing University
Zhi Liu: Chongqing University

A chapter in Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 2021, pp 1-15 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract China has been witnessing an unprecedented urbanization process since the implementation of reform and opening policy in 1980s. And the blueprint of Chinese urbanization program will continue for the coming future. Nevertheless, the rapid urbanization progress in China has been consuming vast amount of resources, and the conflicts between limited resources and rapid urbanization development has become much more intensified. It is therefore essential to pursue and improve efficiency during the urbanization construction in order to save resources and achieve urbanization sustainability. This study investigates the efficiency of Chinese urbanization construction by employing “I-O” (input-output) indicators with considering not only desirable output also the undesirable outputs of urbanization construction. The Super-efficiency SBM (Slack-based Measure) model is adopted for conducting the analysis, and the research data are collected from 30 Chinese provinces during 2008–2015. The analysis results tell that the average performance of urbanization efficiency at national level in China is relatively low, though an improvement has been achieved during this surveyed period (2008–2015). There is significant variation between top performers and bottom players, and the results suggest that those socially and economically advanced provinces are found to be more efficient in the process of urbanization construction. It is also discovered that East China is much more advanced on the efficiency performance during the urbanization process, however Southwest region presents the lowest urbanization efficiency performance during the time period of 2008–2015.

Keywords: Urbanization efficiency; “I-O” (Input-output) dimensional indicators; Desirable and undesirable output; Super efficiency-SBM model; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3977-0_1

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