New urban paradigm beyond the west: Investigating the regeneration of urban villages in Guangzhou, China

Zhou, Zhihua

Abstract

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper investigates the regeneration process of four urban villages in Guangzhou, China. It finds that the institutional dichotomy of the rural and urban systems in land ownership and planning management has not only rooted the emergence and proliferation of urban villages, but also obstructed their regeneration. The core of urban village regeneration is the redistribution of interest derived from land appreciation; the current regulatory framework has difficulties in accommodating this redistribution and alternative legislation is needed. Collaboration formed by some powerful stakeholders is proved to be essential for project completion, and this partnership formation has to some extent weakened the top-down single-actor planning mechanism, which has been the routine in socialist China for decades. The study identifies the dynamics of land regeneration, suggesting that there is no single universal prescribed form of land regeneration.

Citation

Zhou, Z. (2017). New urban paradigm beyond the west: Investigating the regeneration of urban villages in Guangzhou, China. Journal of Urbanism, 10(3), 257-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2016.1224266

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 28, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Aug 28, 2016
• Publication Date: Jul 3, 2017
• Deposit Date: Apr 19, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Urbanism
• Print ISSN: 1754-9175
• Electronic ISSN: 1754-9183
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 257-274
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2016.1224266
• Keywords: urban paradigm, West, investigating, regeneration, urban villages, Guangzhou, China
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/889254
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjou20