Financing urban development, three business models: Johannesburg, Shanghai and London

Robinson, Jennifer; Harrison, Philip G.; Shen, Jie; Wu, Fulong

doi:10.1016/j.progress.2020.100513

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“…Another approach situates urban China in comparative perspective, evaluating urban development financing in Shanghai in relation to Johannesburg and London (Robinson et al, 2020). In their selection of large-scale, long-term, multi-jurisdictional urban developments that entail transnational and trans-scalar governance, Robinson, Harrison, Shen and Wu place the three cities as equal partners in theorization.…”

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Exceptionalism and theorizing spatial inequality: Segregation research on cities in China

Ren

2021

Journal of Urban Affairs

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The transformation of Chinese cities has engendered new forms of spatialized urban inequality. Research on these processes of segregation has captured the attention of urban researchers, generating a large and varied body of work. Yet its influence on urban theory remains constrained, reflecting the concern with the parochialism of urban theory. A review of segregation research on Chinese cities presents several intertwined findings: Chinese cities are framed in terms of their difference, mostly in contrast to Euro-American cities. This framing renders findings intelligible for an audience familiar with Chicago, but perhaps not Shenzhen. In translating the findings, the research often resorts to a methodological nationalism, which contextualizes Chinese cities in terms of their "Chinese-ness," a reductionist heuristic that elides the diversity of these cities and construes residential segregation as incommensurate with the experience of cities elsewhere. The effect of this is to limit the potential of this research to contribute to a "more global urban studies," by inscribing a kind of exceptionalism into Chinese cities.

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Exceptionalism and theorizing spatial inequality: Segregation research on cities in China

Ren

2021

Journal of Urban Affairs

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“…In practice, it appears that many of these operations require private funding. The role of the state is often one of facilitator rather than one of developer, even in centrally planned contexts (Robinson et al 2020). This has a direct effect on value-capture mechanisms associated with these operations, their impact on housing affordability and the final design of urban areas (provision of green spaces, privatisation of public areas, etc.…”

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Regulating urban densification: what factors should be used?

Teller

2021

Buildings and Cities

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Urban densification is increasingly accepted as a necessity and is important for no-net land take. Densification occurs in many places, especially fast-growing cities with a combination of demographic change, economic pressure and large transport infrastructure projects. The costs and benefits of density require a nuanced understanding: potential direct, indirect and cumulative effects (environmental, economic and social), both onand off-site. The optimisation of densities implies a need to identify the conditions that can create the most value for the city, specify the places most appropriate for future inhabitants and activities, and promote spatial justice. The papers published in this special issue converge in depicting urban densification as a complex, nonlinear process, which has to be addressed at various scales. Multifactorial metrics of density are superior to aggregated ones because they offer a better understanding of the urban forms and how they are experienced by inhabitants and users. Both hard and soft densification have to be duly monitored and regulated if cities are to avoid overcrowding of places and buildings, which can be detrimental to urban resilience. The relation between urban densification and housing affordability is a critical factor that policymakers must address. JACQUES TELLERRegulating urban densification: what factors should be used? 303 Teller Buildings and Cities

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“…That is, the main driver of transnational partnerships is the multinational corporation, state-owned enterprises (SOE) in the hierarchical partnership mode or private enterprises in the spontaneous partnership mode, which 'goes abroad' in order to search for more 'efficient' factors of production, and (or) to embed into the local or springboard markets. However, it is needed in practice that coordinating a multiplicity of institutional actors and sustaining development in the face of changing institutional, political, policy and economic challenges (Robinson et al, 2020). As for the hybrid partnership mode, combining both the advantages of state-geared policies and private entrepreneurship, it has proved salient and should be embraced as crucial for territorially embedding investments in host countries.…”

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Variegated transnational partnerships: Multi-scalar actor networks in China’s overseas industrial parks

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The development of overseas industrial parks is a key component of the Belt and Road Initiative and a practical way of promoting inclusive globalization by introducing new forms of cooperation between China and the host countries. In this paper, the Thai-Chinese Rayong Industrial Zone (TCRIZ), and the China-Indonesia Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone (KITIC) are discussed in the context of the evolving development strategies and trajectories through three interrelated conceptual lenses — policy mobility, actor networks, and partnerships. The actor-network theory provides a lens to analyze how policy mobility and partnerships develop for two industrial zone case studies. The development, which involves a multi-scalar process, is shaped by the interactions among the national states, the regional governments and corporations against a background of globalization. Three types of transnational actor partnership networks have been identified, namely, hierarchical partnership, spontaneous partnership, and hybrid partnership. A highlight of the study is the role that the partnerships play in the process of policy mobility when it comes to the overseas industrial zones. It is argued that the partnerships are the key to achieving technology transfer on a cross-national basis, and the effectiveness of the technology transfer is dependent on partner selection and the roles of the actors in policy mobility.

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Financing urban development, three business models: Johannesburg, Shanghai and London

Cited by 40 publications

References 114 publications

Exceptionalism and theorizing spatial inequality: Segregation research on cities in China

Exceptionalism and theorizing spatial inequality: Segregation research on cities in China

Regulating urban densification: what factors should be used?

Variegated transnational partnerships: Multi-scalar actor networks in China’s overseas industrial parks

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