Collaborative governance: A potential approach to preventing violent demolition in China

How Government’s Policy Implementation Methods Influence Urban Villagers’ Acceptance of Urban Revitalization Programs: Evidence from China

“…Due to the rising conflicts between the government and the homeowners, urban redevelopment has been increasingly challenging [2]. Many conflicts between the government and homeowners turn out to be violent resistance of the homeowners, and these are more common during the housing demolition process.…”

“…Once the government refuses to satisfy their requirements, "nail households" will take more extreme actions to confront with government's demolition, and some even risk their lives [35]. To some extent, government-homeowner conflict has become an important factor that has deferred China's sustainable urban development, social stability, and efficiency [2].…”

“…Many studies argue that compensation is the most important cause for government-homeowner conflicts. Intuitively, homeowners are not satisfied with the redevelopment programs either because they are not sufficiently compensated or because they are not aware that they have been fully compensated [1][2][3]. Some studies also argue that the government-homeowner conflicts are also caused by "government's unrestricted power" and imperfect legislation [1,2,39].…”

“…Intuitively, homeowners are not satisfied with the redevelopment programs either because they are not sufficiently compensated or because they are not aware that they have been fully compensated [1][2][3]. Some studies also argue that the government-homeowner conflicts are also caused by "government's unrestricted power" and imperfect legislation [1,2,39]. For example, Ocheje (2007) criticizes the "public interest justification for forced evictions of African governments" was actually a cover for antiquated and inappropriate planning laws of colonial origin, corruption, and failure of development and land reforms.…”

“…Conflicts between government and homeowners in urban revitalization are common in developing countries [1][2][3], and most of the conflicts arise from the process of internalizing externalities which are understudied [4][5][6]. This study aims to provide new knowledge for the governments to enact more effective policies to proceed redevelopment by internalizing the positive externalities of urban revitalization.…”