TY  - THES
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1199/
M1  - master
Y1  - 2015///
TI  - Population growth and urbanisation in China: land grabbing as a way to compensate the potential loss of farmland?
AV  - public
ID  - theses_frw1199
N2  - China is going through a transition in which it is moving from a one-child to a two-child policy. The expected population growth, combined with the increasing urbanisation rate creates a tension between the available agricultural land and the required agricultural land. China has 21 percent of the world?s population and only 7 percent of the arable land, it is facing a dilemma in its land use. Urbanization and industrialization have boosted the economy over the last 60 years. But this has left its marks on the environment and the agricultural production capabilities. 
In this research we look at the process of population growth, urbanisation, demand for food, diet changes, soil degradation and pollution and improved agricultural engineering. By doing so, we can determine if there is a tension between the AAL and the RAL and if so, is this tension the reason for large scale overseas investments made by China.
A1  - Bijkerk, J.
ER  -