abstract: Peri-urbanization is a process in which previously rural areas on the outskirts of established cities become more urban in character. This process is of great significance in China, because peri-urbanization is often manufacturing and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) driven. After witnessing the dramatic development of the Eastern Coastal Region from the mid-1980s, China recently changed its regional development focus to interior regions to pursue more spatial equity within the nation. Wuhan, as the most populous city in central China, is experiencing significant peri-urbanization. The thesis focuses on Dongxihu District, a representative peri-urban area in Wuhan Municipality. To explore peri-urbanization in Dongxihu, this study first documents the metrics of ongoing peri-urbanization in the District from land use, economic, demographic and institutional perspectives. Causality is explored by relating peri-urban outcomes to drivers within the framework of research questions, namely: (i) What is driving peri-urban change in Dongxihu? (ii) Which drivers of peri-urbanization in the District are most important? (iii) How can Dong Xi Hu's peri-urbanization process and outcomes best be characterized? and (iv) What policy implications can be drawn from Dong Xi Hu's peri-urbanization experience? The primary conclusion is that Dongxihu's peri-urbanization is primarily manufacturing driven, resembling previous first generation peri-urbanization on the coast more than the more diverse peri-urban outcomes now emerging in wealthy coastal metropolitan areas, e.g., Shanghai. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Urban and Environmental Planning 2016

A presente análise pretende entender os aspectos jurídicos e sociológicos envolvidos na produção do espaço urbano de Ribeirão Preto. O enfoque se dá em torno da lei de perímetro urbano, que tem o poder de definir o que é e o que não é cidade, moldando os destinos da geografia local e, principalmente, alterando o valor do solo sobre o qual regula. Justamente por conta dessas possibilidades, a lei é alvo de disputas das mais diversas naturezas, que por ventura desviam o instrumento de seu papel originário. Enquanto instrumento de política urbana, o perímetro urbano é previsto na Lei 10. 257 de 2001 (Estatuto da Cidade) como agente racionalizante da expansão urbana, quando essa se faz necessária. No entanto, a cidade de Ribeirão Preto presencia uma verdadeira corrida pelo ouro em sua zona rural, com \"tentáculos\" de grandes empreendimentos imobiliários dispersos pelo território. Isso gera a inquietação de querer descobrir se, talvez, as regras do mercado estejam prevalecendo sobre o poder normativo da lei de perímetro. É o que se pretende descrever. / The present analysis intends to understand the legal and sociological aspects involved in the production of the urban space of Ribeirão Preto. The focus is on the law of urban perimeter, which has the power to define what is and what is not a city, shaping the destinies of local geography and also changing the value of the land over it regulates. Due to these potentialities, the law is subject of unfair disputes of various motivation, which, may distort the urban instrument from its original role. As an tool of urban policy, the urban perimeter is provided by the 10 257-2001 bill (The \"City Statute\") as rationalizing agent of urban expansion, when it becomes necessary. However, the city of Ribeirão Preto witnesses a gold rush in its rural area, with \"tentacles\" of large real estate developments scattered throughout its territory.. This raises the concern that, perhaps, market rules are prevailing over the normative power of perimeter law. This is what we want to describe.

A presente análise pretende entender os aspectos jurídicos e sociológicos envolvidos na produção do espaço urbano de Ribeirão Preto. O enfoque se dá em torno da lei de perímetro urbano, que tem o poder de definir o que é e o que não é cidade, moldando os destinos da geografia local e, principalmente, alterando o valor do solo sobre o qual regula. Justamente por conta dessas possibilidades, a lei é alvo de disputas das mais diversas naturezas, que por ventura desviam o instrumento de seu papel originário. Enquanto instrumento de política urbana, o perímetro urbano é previsto na Lei 10. 257 de 2001 (Estatuto da Cidade) como agente racionalizante da expansão urbana, quando essa se faz necessária. No entanto, a cidade de Ribeirão Preto presencia uma verdadeira corrida pelo ouro em sua zona rural, com \"tentáculos\" de grandes empreendimentos imobiliários dispersos pelo território. Isso gera a inquietação de querer descobrir se, talvez, as regras do mercado estejam prevalecendo sobre o poder normativo da lei de perímetro. É o que se pretende descrever. / The present analysis intends to understand the legal and sociological aspects involved in the production of the urban space of Ribeirão Preto. The focus is on the law of urban perimeter, which has the power to define what is and what is not a city, shaping the destinies of local geography and also changing the value of the land over it regulates. Due to these potentialities, the law is subject of unfair disputes of various motivation, which, may distort the urban instrument from its original role. As an tool of urban policy, the urban perimeter is provided by the 10 257-2001 bill (The \"City Statute\") as rationalizing agent of urban expansion, when it becomes necessary. However, the city of Ribeirão Preto witnesses a gold rush in its rural area, with \"tentacles\" of large real estate developments scattered throughout its territory.. This raises the concern that, perhaps, market rules are prevailing over the normative power of perimeter law. This is what we want to describe.