Unsuccessful Urban Governance of Brownfield Land Redevelopment: A Lesson from the Toxic Soil Event in Changzhou, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Pro-Growth IIC of Land Finance Regime in China
2.1. Introduction and Interpretation of IIC
2.2. The Pro-Growth IIC of Land Finance Regime in China
3. Current Urban Governance of BLR in China
3.1. Process and Issues of BLR under the Background of Deindustrialization
3.2. The Formation of Pro-Growth IIC of BLR in China and its Potential Risk
4. Case Study
5. Results
5.1. Industrial Upgrading and De-Industrialization in Changzhou
5.2. The Formation of Pro-Growth IIC of BLR during the Transition of Economic and Industrial Structure in Changzhou
5.3. Public Health Crisis in the Process of BLR
6. Discussion and Conclusion: How to Conduct a Sustainable and Successful Urban Governance of BLR
6.1. Essential Aspects of Conducting a Sustainable and Successful Urban Governance of BLR
6.2. The Pro-Growth IIC of BLR: A Major Restriction of BLR in Security
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Venues | Date | Interviewees | Contents | |
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A | Officials | |||
1 | Restaurant | 5 May 2016 | Official A1 in a department of district government | The Plan of new town development |
2 | Restaurant | 8 June 2016 | Official A2 in environmental protection department of district government | The EIA report of the brownfield land redevelopment |
3–5 | Office | 10 June 2016 | Officials A3–A5 in bureau of land and resources, Changzhou | The process and problems of lands reclaim in New North district in Changzhou |
B | Environmental impact assessment engineers | |||
1–4 | Coffee shop | 12 June 2016 | Employees B1–B4 in an environmental consulting company | The process and regulation of environmental impact assessment |
5 | By telephone | 12 June 2016 | Employee B5 in an environmental consulting company | The EIA report of Changzhou Foreign Languages School |
C | Parents of the students in Changzhou Foreign Languages School | |||
1 | Restaurant | 21 May 2016 | C1–C3 are the parents of the students in Changzhou Foreign Languages School | The child’s health problem |
2–3 | By telephone | 22 May 2016 | The EIA report of Changzhou Foreign Languages School | |
D | Residents around the brownfield land | |||
1–5 | In the village they live in | 25 June 2016 | Five residents who live in the village nearby the brownfield lands | The environmental impact on their village before the three chemical plants relocation and during the process of BLR. |
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Non-Tax Revenue | Tax Revenue | |
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Land rents; | Direct Tax Revenue | Indirect Tax Revenue |
Land-transferring fees; | Urban land use tax; | Real estate tax; |
Fees of new land for construction | Housing property tax; | Construction business tax |
Value-added tax of land; | ||
Farming land occupation tax; | ||
Deed tax |
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Liu, C.; Song, W.; Zhou, C. Unsuccessful Urban Governance of Brownfield Land Redevelopment: A Lesson from the Toxic Soil Event in Changzhou, China. Sustainability 2017, 9, 824. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050824
Liu C, Song W, Zhou C. Unsuccessful Urban Governance of Brownfield Land Redevelopment: A Lesson from the Toxic Soil Event in Changzhou, China. Sustainability. 2017; 9(5):824. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050824
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Chunhui, Weixuan Song, and Chen Zhou. 2017. "Unsuccessful Urban Governance of Brownfield Land Redevelopment: A Lesson from the Toxic Soil Event in Changzhou, China" Sustainability 9, no. 5: 824. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050824