Gated Communities and Market-Dominated Governance in Urban China

Wu, Xiaolin; Li, Haoxu

doi:10.1061/(asce)up.1943-5444.0000582

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“…The overlap of the existing conditions and the future urban plan describes how the transformation of Lijiao comprehends both profound spatial and social changes. On the one hand, the spatial changes will eradicate the dense fabric into a vertical, residential, and gated community replicating the already tested neoliberal approach in VIC redevelopment present in scientific literature [93,94]; on the other hand, the future transfer of land ownership from the village to the municipal body entails a change in local associations and the social consequences of replacing the previous village committee with emerging homeownership residential associations (HOAs) [95] must be evaluated in the long term.…”

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Socio-Spatial ‘Tabula Rasa’ and Punctual Preservation: The Case Study of Measurable Compensation in Lijiao Village

Bruno

2022

Sustainability

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Villages in the cities (VICs) exhibit all the contradictions of contemporary Chinese urbanisation. These historic settlements attracted large floating populations during the booming urban economy, which redefined their morphological assets. Moreover, their urban persistence reflects the social and cultural modifications occurring within metropolises. Municipal governments’ attention was drawn to the extraordinary densification process, triggering negotiation regarding urban upgrades and social engagement alongside the overall transformation of VICs. Despite the broad scientific literature on VIC redevelopment, especially from urban and social studies perspectives, little attention has been paid to the spatial and monetary compensation awarded for forced or planned demolitions. The transition from informal agglomerations to residential compounds implies the action of local authorities cooperating with real estate developers to make existing house ownership the basis of compensation for measurable spaces in new typological configurations defined by radical social shifts. Lijiao village in Guangzhou was selected as a case study to observe how its urban renewal programme affected the evaluation of historic building preservation versus large selective demolition. Cultural heritage and spatial compensation have become the cornerstones for reconfiguring the village’s morphology and the everyday life experiences framed by interested local groups’ mediation.

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Socio-Spatial ‘Tabula Rasa’ and Punctual Preservation: The Case Study of Measurable Compensation in Lijiao Village

Bruno

2022

Sustainability

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“…About 80% of urban residents live in some 300,000 GCs across China. GCs are of substantially varying sizes and have an average of 7843 residents, with some large‐scale ones having more than 500,000 residents (Wu & Li, 2020).…”

Section: Urban Communities In Chinese Citiesmentioning

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Are sponge cities the solution to China's growing urban flooding problems?

Zhang

Butler

2022

WIREs Water

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Nature-based solutions have been promoted as a sustainable solution for urban stormwater management and they are currently adopted at an unprecedented speed and scale to build sponge cities in China, with a primary aim to solving urban flood problems. However, there are limits to how much rainfall sponge cities can absorb, hence, they are unlikely to be a panacea for flooding problems in cities. We argue that bottom-up community-based measures are essential part of the intervention development framework that is required to transform sponge cities into flood resilient cities. This community-based approach can effectively build on the distinctive and unique feature of Chinese cities, that is, the prevalence of gated communities, which provides a solid foundation for implementing community-based measures for flood management. A range of such community-based measures including resilience mapping, property-based resistant and resilient measures, flood insurance, and social resilience building are discussed. Flood resilience building does not just mean investments in gray-green-blue infrastructure, it requires social transformation toward flood resilient communities. This article provides a roadmap for the next stage development of sponge cities which plays a key role in coping with extreme storm events and adapting to climate change in cities.

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“…Territoriality referring to the design concept that delineates a private space such as residential area from public space which can be freely access by anyone and this will create a sense of ownership among the residents within that residential area [44,45,49]. Gateway can be installed at the entrance of the residential area while constructing walls to segregate the area as private space that is less vulnerable to burglary [29,39,40,47].…”

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Secure Homes Criteria in Malaysian Houses: A Systematic Literature Review

Jing

Ismail²,

Yee³

et al. 2022

ARASET

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The crime rate in Malaysia in increasing in every year, especially in the high-density residential area. This has brought the increase of awareness and concern on the security issues in the residential area from the residents. Thus, secure homes’ concept seems to become a dominant feature of Malaysian housing development projects today as it can improve the security criteria. However, people are still living in the fear of crime, especially in the urban areas due to the ineffectiveness of the crime prevention approaches. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the current practices of secure homes’ development and to evaluate their impacts. 129 relevant articles published between 2011 to 2020 have been collected to go through systematic literature review. The results show publications concerning on secure homes is having an exponential growth. Next, the findings showed that there are tangible criteria and intangible criteria that can reduce the crime rate significantly. The tangible criteria are surveillance, access control, territoriality and target hardening while the intangible criteria include the sense of community, and management and maintenance. The findings of this study further show that there were enough practical and theoretical proofs attesting to the desirability of secure homes as a veritable tool in residential neighborhood crime prevention. The results of this study can be used as the fundamental to develop a more effective and efficient crime prevention approach that not only apply the conventional approach but consider integrating current technologies which can greatly reduce the fear of crime.

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Gated Communities and Market-Dominated Governance in Urban China

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Socio-Spatial ‘Tabula Rasa’ and Punctual Preservation: The Case Study of Measurable Compensation in Lijiao Village

Socio-Spatial ‘Tabula Rasa’ and Punctual Preservation: The Case Study of Measurable Compensation in Lijiao Village

Are sponge cities the solution to China's growing urban flooding problems?

Secure Homes Criteria in Malaysian Houses: A Systematic Literature Review

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