Exploring a more sustainable way of redeveloping urban villages in Shenzhen with the help of policy making
Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Urban villages in Shenzhen provide housing for 60% migrant workers, however all current redevelopment plan of urban villages are not sustainable enough as it: 1. Mostly ignore the tenants’ benefits, low income migrant workers are forced to move to suburb; 2. Focus on economic compensation for households but not enough social and cultural care; 3. Blindly urbanizes urban villages without considering traditional village culture. How to develop a more sustainable way of redeveloping urban village to balance benefits from different groups (Households, tenants, government, developers), while securing the value of urban villages culturally, socially and spatially? 1. Policy design: an overview of strategies during the process of urban village regeneration 2. Spatial design: A regeneration design for an urban village is needed as a model 3. Community building: help to strengthen social connections between habitants in urban villages by promoting cultural and social activities
Author: Dongping Fang
Language: English
Topic: Urban Planning and Valuation
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W656504483