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Locational Differences of Collective Land and Their Socioeconomic Effects on the Rural Elderly in China’s Pearl River Delta

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  • Miaoxi Zhao

    (State Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science, Department of Urban Planning, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China)

  • Yanliu Lin

    (Department of Human Geography and Planning, Utrecht University, Vening Meineszgebouw A, Princetonlaan 8a, 3584 CB Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • Huiqin Wang

    (Guangzhou Urban Planning & Design Survey Research Institute, Guangzhou 510060, China)

Abstract

In recent years, rapid urbanization in China has led to land transformation and unequal social and economic development among rural collective land in different regions. Although there has been considerable research on land development in China, there is a lack of studies on the socioeconomic impacts of unequal collective land development on rural elders. This research investigates collective land support, family support, and social support among the elderly in three types of villages—urban, suburban, and remote—in China’s Pearl River Delta. The findings show that land support retains an important factor for supporting the rural elderly, while family support is in steep decline, and social elderly support offers low coverage. However, land support differs greatly with location, and only urban villages in central locations with high land values are found to provide adequate land support for the rural elderly. The key influential factor of land income has shifted from land quantity to land location, and there now appears to be a need to adjust relevant land, fiscal, and taxation policies for collective land in different locations.

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  • Miaoxi Zhao & Yanliu Lin & Huiqin Wang, 2022. "Locational Differences of Collective Land and Their Socioeconomic Effects on the Rural Elderly in China’s Pearl River Delta," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-16, April.
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