TY - JOUR
T1 - The planning of 'villages-in-the-city' in shenzhen, China
T2 - The significance of the new state-led approach
AU - CHUNG, Him
N1 - Funding Information:
If the above prescriptions and procedures have represented a traditional, ‘hard’ approach to regulating the development of villages-in-the-city, financial incentives have provided complementary ‘soft’ measures. The Implementation Notes (Shenzhen City Government, 2005b) suggest that the Shenzhen Government draws funding from its financial budget and establishes a special project fund for supporting villages-in-the-city redevelopment. The natural resources fund of the city government also supports a fund, known as villages-in-the-city redevelopment supporting fund (Cheng-zhong-cun gaizao fuchi zijin), that ultimately impacts the district level. All villages-in-the-city redevelopment projects can apply to this fund for support once. The funding should be used for infrastructure or utility enhancement for the village-in-the-city. This supporting fund is often applicable to the comprehensive revitalization plan only, whereas the complete redevelopment projects are subject to the special project fund for villages-in-the-city redevelopment (Figure 2). Very often, this special fund is entitled for a larger scale of redevelopment project where normally 30% or above of the total existing buildings will be demolished and redeveloped.
Funding Information:
This article is inspired by a group learning activity organized in Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Hong Kong. The author has benefited from discussions with group members during the activity. The support from the Research Grant Committee (HKBU 241307) and the referees’ helpful comments are also acknowledged.
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - This article investigates the 'state-led' approach to the planning of villages-in-the-city in Shenzhen City, China. Villages-in-the-city have been regarded as spaces of disorder in Chinese cities because existing planning prescriptions have not been able to address effectively the problems related to their development. An aggressive approach has recently been adopted to the development/redevelopment of these settlements. This article shows how a new regulatory framework to villagesin- the-city has emerged recently, and how this has impacted on different dimensions of their development.
AB - This article investigates the 'state-led' approach to the planning of villages-in-the-city in Shenzhen City, China. Villages-in-the-city have been regarded as spaces of disorder in Chinese cities because existing planning prescriptions have not been able to address effectively the problems related to their development. An aggressive approach has recently been adopted to the development/redevelopment of these settlements. This article shows how a new regulatory framework to villagesin- the-city has emerged recently, and how this has impacted on different dimensions of their development.
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U2 - 10.1080/13563470903450606
DO - 10.1080/13563470903450606
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:72149133073
SN - 1356-3475
VL - 14
SP - 253
EP - 273
JO - International Planning Studies
JF - International Planning Studies
IS - 3
ER -