The Consumption-Driven Effect of Place-based Industrial Policy:An Empirical Study Based on Development Zone Policy

Can the development zone policy that pioneered Chinese industrialization energize the consumption of urban residents and become an important means of achieving the coordinated development of industrialization and urbanization?We used the policy impact of upgrading provincial development zones to conduct empirical research on the consumptiondriven effect of development zone policy with the Difference in Difference(DID)model.Our findings show that the upgrading of development zones is significant in raising urban residents’total consumption,personal consumption,housing consumption and expenditure on children’s education.This is mainly due to the increase in productivity brought about by the upgrading policy.However,in cities that have more stringent household registration(hukou)systems,impose tougher home purchase restrictions(HPR)on the floating population and have less social harmony,the labor force is less willing and less able to consume,making it hard to expand domestic demand.

The Environmental Consequences of Place-Based Policies in China:An Empirical Study Based on SO_(2)Emission Data

Previous studies of place-based policies in China have ignored their effect on pollution.Using event study and difference-in-differences methodologies,we investigated the consequences of place-based policies on sulfur dioxide(SO_(2))emissions.We first documented the increase in SO_(2)emissions and SO_(2)emission intensity in the inland region after 2003 at the provincial level.The firm-level data for the period between 1998 and 2010 also showed that the performance of enterprises in noneastern regions in reducing SO_(2)emissions had worsened relatively since 2003,and this effect was particularly strong in enterprises located in central and northeast China,where urban land supply experienced significant growth after 2003.We found that,compared with environmental regulation changes,inland region-biased economic policies after 2003 were more important in explaining the relative changes in SO_(2)emissions between coastal and inland regions.The policy implication is that the central government should address environmental consequences when designing place-based economic policies.

Valuing ecological resources through stakeholder participation

This paper presents a pilot effort to identify a methodology to more efficiently codify, quantify and illustrate the intrinsic values associated with ecological resources as expressed by stakeholders. Existing methodologies examine the value of ecological resources, but are often criticized for their monetary focus. These methods generally produce quasi-market values for non-market resources. The natural and cultural resources associated with a national park are analyzed in terms of the expressed values of active stakeholders to quantitatively produce multiple dimensions of value for each resource relative to all others. The resulting abstract and graphical value-space quantitatively reflects stakeholder participation, reflects non-market intrinsic value, and proactively contributes to environmental management and decision making.

Toward a Holistic Approach: Considerations for Improved Collaboration in Wildfire Management

State and Federal agencies in the United States manage wildland fires to minimize forest loss and reduce fire impacts on communities living near forests. Despite changes to policy that emphasize the importance of collaborative management with Tribes and local communities, stakeholders with place-based knowledge still have limited access to meaningful participation in policy development and management planning. These barriers contribute to the alienation of communities disproportionately burdened with the negative impacts of wildfire. Reduced community-level support and a lack of inclusive practices regarding place-based knowledge result in less robust management plans and poor ecological outcomes. These outcomes highlight the need for improved multi-stakeholder collaborations that holistically address interconnected management areas. In this paper, Federal wildfire policy development and implementation are assessed to identify barriers to collaborative management. An examination of multi-stakeholder fire management organizations showed that coupling of federal policy, practices and norms and the underrepresentation of external stakeholders may hinder progress toward collaborative partnerships. A linguistic examination of federal wildfire policy showed that directive, rather than cooperative language predominated. This may promote unequal power-sharing dynamics that reduce opportunities for federal engagement and collaboration with stakeholders from Tribes and local communities. Tribal barriers to equitable partnership and decision-making were found to be tied to culturally mediated frameworks for environmental management. Based on these findings, this article offers suggestions for changes to policy and institutional culture that will allow for an inclusive, holistic fire management model.

The Pedagogy of Place in China's Migrant Community

Purpose:This article examines the curriculum and pedagogy of place for migrant children in China and advocates the recognition of migrant families'and communities'knowledge as neces-sary,relevant,and impactful curriculum.Design/Approach/Methods:This article is based on a longitudinal qualitative study conducted in various migrant settlements in Beijing.Data were collected from in-depth interviews with migrant parents,teachers,and community activists and participant observations in schools,com-munity meetings,and other gatherings in the communities.Data were coded on themes related to place-based connection,attachment,and belonging and then analyzed.Findings:Findings demonstrate that pedagogical practices can be developed to re-center the knowledge and experiences of Chinese migrant communities.This pedagogical work recognizes and reflects the undervalued and unrecognized knowledge of migrant communities while investi-gating the meaning of“place”for migrant children.OriginalityNalue:This is the first study putting special emphasis on the discussion of what“place”means for migrants and what knowledge is worthwhile for their children in China.A key contribution of this article is that it documents the challenges and benefits of creating a place-based curriculum and pedagogy for migrant children as they construct a sense of belonging.

Is the special economic zone an effective policy tool for promoting polycentricity?Evidence from China

The special economic zone(SEZ)is an important place-based policy adopted by the Chinese government to simulate regional and urban growth,and existing studies mainly focus on the impacts of SEZs on local economic outcomes and productivity.This paper establishes the linkage between SEZ and urban spatial structure based on time-series nighttime light images spanning 2000 to 2020 in China.Through a set of time-varying difference-indifferences(DID)regressions at the county level,we find that the introduction of national SEZs has a significant negative impact on monocentricity,while provincial SEZs need to operate for 7 years before they have a substantial impact on spatial structure.However,the average effect masks great heterogeneity with respect to the characteristics and geographic location of zones.SEZs characterized by higher research and development(R&D)intensity,larger scale,and longer establishment duration have more pronounced effects on spatial structure.Geographically,the effects peak when SEZs are 5-15 km away from existing centers,and the effects of SEZs are mainly observed in urban areas and top-tier cities.

The Growth Contribution of China’s Regional Coordinated Development Strategy—On the Dispute of Regional Policy Paths

Balancing macroeconomic growth with regional equilibrium development is essential for China’s pursuit of the modernization through regional coordinated development.Taking a macroeconomic output perspective and employing a counterfactual framework,this paper evaluates the economic growth effects of China’s“place-based”and“people-based”regional policies,and explores the future implementation effects and optimal combinations of these policies under different market environments.Given that“people-based”policy cannot address market failures in spatial dimensions,the essence of the academic debate over regional policy paths lies in different understandings of the relationship between government and markets.

Development and implementation of a dynamic and 4D GIS based on semantic location model

In the big data era,robust solutions are obliged to be proposed to integrate and represent data from different formats and with different contents to assist the decision-making.Current cartographic and geographic information systems have limited capabilities for solving these problems.This paper describes an automatic and comprehensive system that conducts data fusion from all potentially related sources.In this system,a new Semantic Location Model(SemLM)is established to present the semantic concepts and location feature and demonstrate how locations are interrelated.In the SemLM,various types of location descriptors in different application scenarios can be analyzed and understood.Additionally,considering the challenges involved in data-intensive computation and visualization,this paper implements a Place-based Pan-Information System(P2S)as an innovative 4D system that dynamically associates and visualizes place-based information,using public security as the case study.

Multi-identity planning process in a studio course： Integrative planning in multiidentity environments

The ptanning process in a planning studio demonstrates a microcosm of diverse concepts of ideotogies and identities seeking acknowtedgment and spatial recognition. In the modern world of muitipte and dynamic identities and ideologies, aspiring for the self-recognition of regions, towns, and communities, a place-based identity has become a core aspect that needs to be taken into planning consideration. The anatytic planning method used is iterative of both topdown and bottom-up approaches, thereby creating multi-dimension and coherent planning atternatives where spatial sotutions arise from communities along their changing processes. We present two spatiat atternative plans that were developed in the studio course and are based on this fine of thinking. Resutts were very dynamic aspiring complex plans, which are also highty appticable and flexible, thereby addressing a wide range of ideotogies and identities.