What will be the future of Chinese urban heritage in the context of globalisation and a socialist market?Ju Er Hutong,as one of the first rehabilitation projects to take place during China’s late-1980s housing reform...What will be the future of Chinese urban heritage in the context of globalisation and a socialist market?Ju Er Hutong,as one of the first rehabilitation projects to take place during China’s late-1980s housing reforms,is generally considered a successful initiative in terms of urban regeneration and historic area conservation.To what extent does this success demonstrate a capacity to develop new policies and a new planning approach in the current Chinese urban regeneration process?To answer this question,and to summarize its achievements and its remaining unsolved problems,this paper provides the following insights:(1)an analysis of the evolution of Ju Er Hutong to its current form;(2)a literature review concerning the background and the outcome of the rehabilitation process;and(3)a critical assessment of the overall process,so as to summarize its constitutive advantages and problems.展开更多
文摘What will be the future of Chinese urban heritage in the context of globalisation and a socialist market?Ju Er Hutong,as one of the first rehabilitation projects to take place during China’s late-1980s housing reforms,is generally considered a successful initiative in terms of urban regeneration and historic area conservation.To what extent does this success demonstrate a capacity to develop new policies and a new planning approach in the current Chinese urban regeneration process?To answer this question,and to summarize its achievements and its remaining unsolved problems,this paper provides the following insights:(1)an analysis of the evolution of Ju Er Hutong to its current form;(2)a literature review concerning the background and the outcome of the rehabilitation process;and(3)a critical assessment of the overall process,so as to summarize its constitutive advantages and problems.