An analysis of patterns of public engagement in China's community micro-rehabilitation projects: A case study of Guangzhou
With the development of inventory planning and the contradiction between land supply and demand, urban renewal development has been gradually replacing reconstruction in China's community redevelopment projects. Such projects need multiple stakeholders' engagement. However, China's pa...
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| author | Weixuan Chen Ali Cheshmehzangi Jiapei Yu Eugenio Mangi Tim Heath Qianxi Zhang |
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| description | With the development of inventory planning and the contradiction between land supply and demand, urban renewal development has been gradually replacing reconstruction in China's community redevelopment projects. Such projects need multiple stakeholders' engagement. However, China's patterns of public engagement with top-down governance are different from those in developed countries with bottom-up initiatives. This fact also indicates that such developed patterns are not suitable for the context of China. Meanwhile, research on micro rehabilitation is relatively new and requires further analytical work on development pattern analysis. Therefore, the protagonist status of different stakeholders and allowing them to participate in redevelopment projects are social issues that need to be solved urgently. This paper explores patterns of public engagement in community micro-rehabilitation projects in China. Eleven communities in Guangzhou are taken as cases through participatory observation, document analysis, and interviews. This paper analyses opinions and comments from different stakeholders and summarises their information delivery paths. The findings indicate four present patterns: single-threaded, representative feedback, property involvement, and external party service patterns. Through comparative analysis, the study highlights that the participating stakeholders in the four patterns involved the projects to different degrees. However, they are all still in the ''Tokenism'' degree, which is in the middle category of the ladder of engagement. Furthermore, an appropriate and sustainable pattern is put forward to provide a reference and research basis for improving public engagement in community micro-rehabilitation projects in China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b31dbb35bfa248c9a95725ed644fee642023-12-16T06:11:25ZengElsevierWorld Development Sustainability2772-655X2023-12-013100108An analysis of patterns of public engagement in China's community micro-rehabilitation projects: A case study of GuangzhouWeixuan Chen0Ali Cheshmehzangi1Jiapei Yu2Eugenio Mangi3Tim Heath4Qianxi Zhang5Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Architecture, Qingdao City University, Qingdao, China; Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS), Hiroshima University, Japan; Corresponding author at: School of Architecture, Qingdao City University, Qingdao, China.Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, ChinaDepartment of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, ChinaDepartment of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, UKDepartment of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China; School of Design, NingboTech University, ChinaWith the development of inventory planning and the contradiction between land supply and demand, urban renewal development has been gradually replacing reconstruction in China's community redevelopment projects. Such projects need multiple stakeholders' engagement. However, China's patterns of public engagement with top-down governance are different from those in developed countries with bottom-up initiatives. This fact also indicates that such developed patterns are not suitable for the context of China. Meanwhile, research on micro rehabilitation is relatively new and requires further analytical work on development pattern analysis. Therefore, the protagonist status of different stakeholders and allowing them to participate in redevelopment projects are social issues that need to be solved urgently. This paper explores patterns of public engagement in community micro-rehabilitation projects in China. Eleven communities in Guangzhou are taken as cases through participatory observation, document analysis, and interviews. This paper analyses opinions and comments from different stakeholders and summarises their information delivery paths. The findings indicate four present patterns: single-threaded, representative feedback, property involvement, and external party service patterns. Through comparative analysis, the study highlights that the participating stakeholders in the four patterns involved the projects to different degrees. However, they are all still in the ''Tokenism'' degree, which is in the middle category of the ladder of engagement. Furthermore, an appropriate and sustainable pattern is put forward to provide a reference and research basis for improving public engagement in community micro-rehabilitation projects in China.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X23000630Public engagementCommunity micro-rehabilitation projectsPatternsChina |
| spellingShingle | Weixuan Chen Ali Cheshmehzangi Jiapei Yu Eugenio Mangi Tim Heath Qianxi Zhang An analysis of patterns of public engagement in China's community micro-rehabilitation projects: A case study of Guangzhou World Development Sustainability Public engagement Community micro-rehabilitation projects Patterns China |
| title | An analysis of patterns of public engagement in China's community micro-rehabilitation projects: A case study of Guangzhou |
| title_full | An analysis of patterns of public engagement in China's community micro-rehabilitation projects: A case study of Guangzhou |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of patterns of public engagement in China's community micro-rehabilitation projects: A case study of Guangzhou |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of patterns of public engagement in China's community micro-rehabilitation projects: A case study of Guangzhou |
| title_short | An analysis of patterns of public engagement in China's community micro-rehabilitation projects: A case study of Guangzhou |
| title_sort | analysis of patterns of public engagement in china s community micro rehabilitation projects a case study of guangzhou |
| topic | Public engagement Community micro-rehabilitation projects Patterns China |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X23000630 |
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