The New Urban Agenda approved at Habitat III – The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in 2016, promises to achieve the urban transition toward sustainability in response to future ...The New Urban Agenda approved at Habitat III – The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in 2016, promises to achieve the urban transition toward sustainability in response to future challenges facing cities worldwide. In the current context of new urbanization in China, urban development is experiencing a transition from incremental development to regeneration. In order to realize people-oriented objectives, planners need to gain scientific understanding of urban development and grasp the basic concepts of urban design and value orientation, so that they can shape spaces that meet diverse needs, achieve social inclusion and enhance the quality of urban life. The purpose of this paper is to reiterate the importance of studying urban development from the "society-space" perspective and the concern about its values in urban design. The paper analyzes and discusses the characteristics of urban development and changes in social needs that appear in the practice of urban design from the perspective of society-space relationship. In addition, it emphasizes the spatial-temporal characteristics and value orientation in the development of urban design theory and practice. Considering China's current urban background, the paper also argues that the current transformation of urban design practice needs to be guided by theories on human settlements and reinforce three important aspects of urban design characteristics and values: seeking truth from science, seeking kindness in humanities, and seeking beauty through art.展开更多
The study on informality has experienced a shift from describing the spatial characteristics toward exploring the connotation of urban governance in recent years. This paper takes urban villages in Shenzhen, a typical...The study on informality has experienced a shift from describing the spatial characteristics toward exploring the connotation of urban governance in recent years. This paper takes urban villages in Shenzhen, a typical informal settlement in China, as cases to analyze the two urban village governance modes of redevelopment and in situ upgrading and reveals the dynamics of the governance mode transformation. Through the lens of informality, this study focuses on the interaction among the government, the market, and former property owners on tenure legalization. The study finds that first of all, informality is the core of the transformation of urban village governance in Shenzhen. By strategically making use of informality, the government adopted different modes of urban village governance to fulfill the demands of urban development at different phases. Second, in the process of formalizing informal settlements through redevelopment, although the institutional framework is relatively complete, the boundary between informality and formality still changes continuously in property titling. While in the new governance mode of in situ upgrading in recent years, the government creates "special areas" in informal settlements via approving their de facto tenure security, so as to attract market force to upgrade physical environment and social management. Through revealing the mechanism in the blurred area between informality and formality, this paper responds to the dualistic argument on the informality theory, deepens the idea of taking informality as a flexible urban governance strategy in developing countries, and provides new thoughts for governance of informal settlements in China and other developing countries.展开更多
After 40 years of reform and opening-up,China’s urban construction has developed rapidly.The new urbanization path,which aims at high-quality development,has also put forward new requirements for urban planning,urban...After 40 years of reform and opening-up,China’s urban construction has developed rapidly.The new urbanization path,which aims at high-quality development,has also put forward new requirements for urban planning,urban construction,and social governance.After many years of theoretical research and practical exploration,the practice and institutional construction of urban regeneration in China have entered a new stage.Several cities,represented by Guangzhou,Shenzhen,and Shanghai,have established relatively complete institutional frameworks of urban regeneration.Although there are inadequacies,they have generally displayed the basic functions of standardization and guidance,which indicates that the institutional construction has entered a stage of further improvement.At the same time,many lagging cities are still in the preliminary stage of establishing basic institutions.Therefore,the experience gained and lessons learned from the practice of the leading cities are crucial to them.展开更多
文摘The New Urban Agenda approved at Habitat III – The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in 2016, promises to achieve the urban transition toward sustainability in response to future challenges facing cities worldwide. In the current context of new urbanization in China, urban development is experiencing a transition from incremental development to regeneration. In order to realize people-oriented objectives, planners need to gain scientific understanding of urban development and grasp the basic concepts of urban design and value orientation, so that they can shape spaces that meet diverse needs, achieve social inclusion and enhance the quality of urban life. The purpose of this paper is to reiterate the importance of studying urban development from the "society-space" perspective and the concern about its values in urban design. The paper analyzes and discusses the characteristics of urban development and changes in social needs that appear in the practice of urban design from the perspective of society-space relationship. In addition, it emphasizes the spatial-temporal characteristics and value orientation in the development of urban design theory and practice. Considering China's current urban background, the paper also argues that the current transformation of urban design practice needs to be guided by theories on human settlements and reinforce three important aspects of urban design characteristics and values: seeking truth from science, seeking kindness in humanities, and seeking beauty through art.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Fund of China(No.51578304)PhD Dissertation Scholarship of Urban Development and Land Policy Research Center,Peking University–Lincoln Institute of Land Policy(No.DS03-20180901-GXY)+3 种基金the National Social Science Fund of China(No.16CRK020)the Humanity and Social Science Research Youth Foundation of China’s Ministry of Education(No.15YJCZH016)the Social Science Foundation of Beijing,China(No.15SHC043)the Horizon 2020 Research&Innovation Program(No.770141)
文摘The study on informality has experienced a shift from describing the spatial characteristics toward exploring the connotation of urban governance in recent years. This paper takes urban villages in Shenzhen, a typical informal settlement in China, as cases to analyze the two urban village governance modes of redevelopment and in situ upgrading and reveals the dynamics of the governance mode transformation. Through the lens of informality, this study focuses on the interaction among the government, the market, and former property owners on tenure legalization. The study finds that first of all, informality is the core of the transformation of urban village governance in Shenzhen. By strategically making use of informality, the government adopted different modes of urban village governance to fulfill the demands of urban development at different phases. Second, in the process of formalizing informal settlements through redevelopment, although the institutional framework is relatively complete, the boundary between informality and formality still changes continuously in property titling. While in the new governance mode of in situ upgrading in recent years, the government creates "special areas" in informal settlements via approving their de facto tenure security, so as to attract market force to upgrade physical environment and social management. Through revealing the mechanism in the blurred area between informality and formality, this paper responds to the dualistic argument on the informality theory, deepens the idea of taking informality as a flexible urban governance strategy in developing countries, and provides new thoughts for governance of informal settlements in China and other developing countries.
文摘After 40 years of reform and opening-up,China’s urban construction has developed rapidly.The new urbanization path,which aims at high-quality development,has also put forward new requirements for urban planning,urban construction,and social governance.After many years of theoretical research and practical exploration,the practice and institutional construction of urban regeneration in China have entered a new stage.Several cities,represented by Guangzhou,Shenzhen,and Shanghai,have established relatively complete institutional frameworks of urban regeneration.Although there are inadequacies,they have generally displayed the basic functions of standardization and guidance,which indicates that the institutional construction has entered a stage of further improvement.At the same time,many lagging cities are still in the preliminary stage of establishing basic institutions.Therefore,the experience gained and lessons learned from the practice of the leading cities are crucial to them.
