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Article: Social sustainability and redevelopment of urban villages in China – a case study of Guangzhou
Title | Social sustainability and redevelopment of urban villages in China – a case study of Guangzhou |
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Keywords | urbanization state–market interplay social sustainability urban village redevelopment case-study approach |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | MDPI. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability |
Citation | Sustainability, 2018, p. 1-18 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Rapid economic development in China has generated substantial demand for urban land
for development, resulting in an unprecedented urbanization process. The expansion of urbanized
cities has started to engulf rural areas, making the urban–rural boundary less and less conspicuous
in China. Urban encroachment has led to a rapid shrinkage of the rural territory as the rural–urban
migration has increased due to better job opportunities and living standards in the urban cities. Urban
villages, governed by a rural property rights mechanism, have started to emerge sporadically within
urbanised areas. Various approaches, such as state-led, developer-led, or collective-led approaches,
to redevelop these urban villages have been adopted with varying degrees of success. This paper
uses a case-study framework to analyse the state–market interplay in two very different urban village
redevelopment cases in Guangzhou. By an in-depth comparative analysis of the two regeneration
cases in Guangzhou, which started within close proximity in terms of geographical location and
timing, we are able to shed light on how completely different outcomes may result from different
forms of state–market interplay. It is found that a neoliberal policy approach that aims at coordinating
state resources with market forces rather than discarding the state’s role provides a more satisfactory
outcome in urban village redevelopment when there are a lot of stakeholders involved each with
different agendas. The state maintains a good balance of the power-play in the process with a clear
and supportive policy and regulatory guidance, leaving the market to function more effectively and
satisfactorily in effectuating capital flow for the project, which helps to achieve sustainable outcomes |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/259455 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.672 |
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dc.contributor.author | Wu, F | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, LH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Han, Y | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-03T04:07:40Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-03T04:07:40Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Sustainability, 2018, p. 1-18 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/259455 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Rapid economic development in China has generated substantial demand for urban land for development, resulting in an unprecedented urbanization process. The expansion of urbanized cities has started to engulf rural areas, making the urban–rural boundary less and less conspicuous in China. Urban encroachment has led to a rapid shrinkage of the rural territory as the rural–urban migration has increased due to better job opportunities and living standards in the urban cities. Urban villages, governed by a rural property rights mechanism, have started to emerge sporadically within urbanised areas. Various approaches, such as state-led, developer-led, or collective-led approaches, to redevelop these urban villages have been adopted with varying degrees of success. This paper uses a case-study framework to analyse the state–market interplay in two very different urban village redevelopment cases in Guangzhou. By an in-depth comparative analysis of the two regeneration cases in Guangzhou, which started within close proximity in terms of geographical location and timing, we are able to shed light on how completely different outcomes may result from different forms of state–market interplay. It is found that a neoliberal policy approach that aims at coordinating state resources with market forces rather than discarding the state’s role provides a more satisfactory outcome in urban village redevelopment when there are a lot of stakeholders involved each with different agendas. The state maintains a good balance of the power-play in the process with a clear and supportive policy and regulatory guidance, leaving the market to function more effectively and satisfactorily in effectuating capital flow for the project, which helps to achieve sustainable outcomes | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sustainability | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | urbanization | - |
dc.subject | state–market interplay | - |
dc.subject | social sustainability | - |
dc.subject | urban village redevelopment | - |
dc.subject | case-study approach | - |
dc.title | Social sustainability and redevelopment of urban villages in China – a case study of Guangzhou | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Li, LH: lhli@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, LH=rp01010 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/su10072116 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85048926565 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 289777 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000440947600007 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Basel, Switzerland | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2071-1050 | - |