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

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

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关键字: GROWTH MANAGEMENT; INSTITUTIONS; GOVERNMENT; FINANCE; POLICY; STATE; IMPACT

作者单位: [Tong, Kangkang] Univ Minnesota, Ctr Sci Technol & Environm Policy, Hubert H Humphrey Sch Publ Affairs, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA. [Zhao, Zhirong (Jerry)] Univ Minnesota, Hubert H Humphrey Sch Publ Affairs, Inst Urban & Reg Infrastruct Finance, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA. [Ramaswami, Anu] Univ Minnesota, Sci Technol & Environm Policy, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA. [Feiock, Richard] Florida State Univ, Askew Sch, Local Governance Res Lab, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA. [Feiock, Richard] Florida State Univ, Askew Sch, Local Governance Res Lab, Publ Adm & Policy, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA. Tong, KK (reprint author), Univ Minnesota, Humphrey Sch Publ Affairs, 130 Humphrey Sch Publ Affairs,301 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA. E-Mail: tongx169@umn.edu

摘要: 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.