a path dependence perspective on the chinese cadastral system论文.pdf

Land Use Policy 45 (2015) 8–17 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Land Use Policy j o u r n a l h o me p a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/lan dusepo l A path dependence perspective on the Chinese cadastral system Qiaowen Lin a,b,∗,1, Mohsen Kalantari b , Abbas Rajabifard b , Jiangfeng Li a a School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, China b Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Cadastral systems differ in countries due to specific historical, political, economic and cultural context. Received 24 October 2014 The fundamental role of cadastral system in land administration is well acknowledged which leads to Received in revised form increasing interest from researchers worldwide. Despite China being the most populous country in the 18 December 2014 world, its cadastral system is rarely studied. This paper aims to use path dependence as an interpretive Accepted 17 January 2015 lens to analyse the historical background and existing situation of the cadastral system in China. Three stages in the Chinese cadastral system are identified: the contingent phase, the self-reinforcing phase and Keywords: the lock-in phase from the perspective of path dependence. According to the analysis, it is evident that Cadastre