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Social impact assessment and public participation in China: A case study of land requisition in Guangzhou
Bo-sin Tanga, , , Siu-wai Wongb, and Milton Chi-hong Laua,
aDepartment of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
bDivision of Social Sciences, Urban Studies and Education, HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education, Hong Kong
Received 25 January 2007; revised 9 March 2007; accepted 11 March 2007. Available online 25 April 2007.
Abstract
This study examines the current prospects for and obstacles facing the implementation of social impact assessment (SIA) and participatory planning in the People's Republic of China. During the past two decades, rapid urbanisation and the conversion of rural land for urban development have led to numerous social conflicts and tensions between the Chinese government and its people. SIA and public participation in development decisions have received increasing attention from the Chinese authorities as possible ways to tackle the problem. Based on a Guangzhou case study, this paper argues that the assessment and mitigation of adverse impacts on the community from urban development have been carried out with different objectives, core values and principles when compared with those in Western societies. It concludes that the poor prospects of SIA and collaborative planning in China lie not only in the weak framework for environmental legislation, but also in all institutions concerning state–society relations, the socialist governing ideology and traditional Chinese culture.
中国public participation 的case study
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