Manqi, Wang;
Zhang, Fangzhu;
Wu, Fulong;
(2022)
“Micro-regeneration”: towards small-scale, heritage-oriented, and participatory redevelopment in China.
Journal of Urban Affairs
10.1080/07352166.2022.2139711.
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Abstract
China. However, in recent years China has seen the policy shift toward small-scale redevelopment, heritage preservation, and public participation in the regeneration process. Using the pilot project of “micro-regeneration” (weigaizao) in Guangzhou, this paper critically examines these aspects of change. We find that such a policy shift is attributed to increasing social contestations generated by large-scale redevelopment. The state uses heritage preservation to develop creative and cultural industries, which transforms the traditional neighborhood into a commercial and tourist quarter. The policy also encourages participation in urban redevelopment. However, residents still have limited influence over the course of redevelopment. The paper argues that micro-regeneration is a practice of worlding cities in the Chinese institutional context, involving the state dealing with the problems of redevelopment through new governance approaches.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | “Micro-regeneration”: towards small-scale, heritage-oriented, and participatory redevelopment in China |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07352166.2022.2139711 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2022.2139711 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Keywords: | Urban redevelopment; heritage preservation; public participation; state entrepreneurialism; China |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157070 |
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