Patterns of urban infrastructure capital investment in Chinese cities and explanation through a political market lens

Kangkang Tong; Zhirong (Jerry) Zhao; Richard Feiock; Anu Ramaswami

doi:10.1080/07352166.2018.1499417

Patterns of urban infrastructure capital investment in Chinese cities and explanation through a political market lens

Kangkang Tong, Zhirong (Jerry) Zhao, Richard Feiock, Anu Ramaswami

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Cities across the developing world have experienced great challenges in making sufficient capital investment in urban infrastructure (CIUI) during periods of rapid urbanization, yet this phenomenon has captured little academic attention. Focusing on Chinese cities, this study analyzed the investment patterns at the temporal, sectoral, and spatial scales and investigated the drivers through the lens of the political market framework. China’s national CIUI, relying mainly on local revenue sources, increased steadily from 2000 to 2014. The patterns of CIUI across cities indicated polarized investment attributable to the influence of public demand and governmental supply mediated by intergovernmental political institutions. These findings advance our understanding of urban infrastructure investment in the course of rapid urbanization.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	248-263
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Urban Affairs
Volume	41
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2018.1499417
State	Published - Feb 17 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Geography, Planning and Development
Sociology and Political Science
Urban Studies

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