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China's rapid urbanization involves the large-scale relocation of rural villagers and the production of concentrated resettlement communities in urban areas. This new urban population's post-resettlement adaptation and socio-economic situations raise concerns for urban scholars and policymakers alike. This paper invokes the concept of deprivation and aims to establish indices of multiple deprivations (IMDs) for such communities. In doing so, this research use accessibility as a proxy and integrates the space syntax approach with multi-criteria decision analysis to construct the IMDs of concentrated resettlement communities in Hangzhou, China. The findings suggest that material deprivation may not be the primary concern for residential segregation of resettlement communities in urban areas. Besides, the accessibility to different services reflects diverse deprivation patterns among resettlement communities. Moreover, various stakeholder groups' perceptions of deprivation may lead to different results of the IMDs. The diverse criteria or domains of deprivation contribute differently to the deprivation, which requires a tailored treatment strategy when constructing IMDs, such as the sensitivity analysis used in this research. The proposed measurement of deprivation has important policy implications for sustainable urban development in China. • The indices of multiple deprivations (IMDs) of resettlement communities are proposed. • Material deprivation is not the primary concern for the residential segregation of resettlement communities. • The accessibility to different services reflects diverse deprivation patterns. • Various stakeholder groups' perceptions of deprivation may lead to different results of IMDs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the context of planetary urbanization, urbanization through resettlement in the global south has garnered increasingly scholarly attention. In China, state-led rural-to-urban resettlement has become a potent tool for the government. The production of concentrated resettlement communities (CRCs) to accommodate resettled villagers and facilitate their post-resettlement adaptation creates a unique urban phenomenon. However, existing research has insufficiently unpacked the evolution of the production process. Drawing on the theory of space production, this research proposes a dynamic spatial-temporal conceptual framework to examine the process of space production. Based on several months of fieldwork conducted in Hangzhou in 2021, this research offers an empirical lens on how CRCs have evolved and how landless farmers have adapted to the host city. This research first finds that CRCs in Hangzhou have three typologies. Secondly, resettled villagers in early CRCs are confronted with economic challenges but maintain well social relations. Their shared collectivism is conducive to their spatial adaptation. In recent CRCs, strict planning and community management have further limited resettled villagers' spontaneous attempts in reshaping space to support their adaptation. These findings have important policy implications for achieving inclusive resettlement in China and the Asian context. • A dynamic spatial-temporal conceptual framework is proposed to examine space production. • Concentrated resettlement communities (CRCs) in Hangzhou have three typologies. • Resttled villagers' adaptation processes are distinct in different CRCs. • The changing spatial practice and the evolving planning and community governance have produced distinctive CRCs. • The diluted collectivism in recent CRCs weakens villagers' collective adaptation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Local officials' characteristics play an important role in the development of urban sprawl, which could lead to the land urbanization bubble (LUB). OLS regression model was selected to analysis the relationship between officials' characteristics and LUB. The study finds that: (1) locally promoted officials have significant negative influence on the generation of LUB; (2) the influences of officials tenure and age characteristics on LUB significantly differ showing an inverted-U shape change; and (3)compared with male officials, female officials show more aggressive in generating LUB; and (4) the better economic development the less effective of official characteristics on land urbanization. Thus, the research proposes that (1) the assessment system for local officials must be improved to highlight the responsibilities and accountabilities of officials in sustainable urban development; (2) the influence of official personal characteristics on local administration must be considered at the time of training and promoting local officials; and (3) the formation of local administrative team should not over-emphasize age and gender, because under the effects of cadre tournament, young and/or female district leaders are more likely to seek promotion in short period of time at cost of sustainable and healthy urban development. • Investigating impacts of district leaders' characteristics on land urbanization bubble. • Using the original dataset to analyze relationship between officials' characteristics and land urbanization bubble. • Origin, tenure, age and gender of district leaders influence land urbanization bubble. • Female district leaders adopt aggressive land policies. • China's district official promotion system is urgent to be reformed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]