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creators_name: Bijkerk, J.
title: Population growth and urbanisation in China: land grabbing as a way to compensate the potential loss of farmland?
ispublished: pub
full_text_status: public
abstract: 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.
date: 2015
date_type: published
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EIP
tutors_name: Dijk, T. van
keywords_local: World Food Crisis
keywords_local: Food security
keywords_local: Land grabbing
keywords_local: China
keywords_local: Urbanisation
keywords_local: Population growth
keywords_local: Farmland
keywords_local: Land tenure
keywords_local: Diet change
language_iso: en
titleorder: Population growth and urbanisation in China: land grabbing as a way to compensate the potential loss of farmland?
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date_issued: 2015-01-01
citation:   Bijkerk, J.  (2015) Population growth and urbanisation in China: land grabbing as a way to compensate the potential loss of farmland?  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/1199/1/Master_Thesis_EIP_2015_FINAL_-_1.pdf