Ambiguous property rights : a taxonomic and exploratory account of post-colonial rural housing in Chinese Hong Kong

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

LAI, L.

Dept. of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong-Kong

LORNE, F.

School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, Vancouver, Canada

Description :
This article examines ambiguous property rights through a taxonomic and exploratory account of post-colonial rural housing in Chinese Hong Kong. The case of indigenous village housing in post-colonial Hong Kong under a mature system of the rule of law is used to demonstrate the ambiguities due to a gap between de jure and de facto property rights that may not degenerate into anarchy due to rational choices made under common law constraints driven ultimately by the land market. The implications of the case study for evaluating ambiguities in property rights in China are also discussed.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Urban studies (Harlow), issn : 0042-0980, 2014, vol. 51, n°. 10, p. 2052-2067, nombre de pages : 16, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Harlow, Longman Group

Langue :
Anglais