The effect of urban renewal on residential energy consumption expenditure--the example of shantytown renovation

Analysis of Residents’ Livelihoods in Transformed Shantytowns: A Case Study of a Resource-Based City in China

“…It is known from Debnath et al's [28] study that the quality of housing in India's slums after slum upgrading is low as well as poses health hazards to the residents, the higher electricity bills for the low-income groups living in the new houses is another form of exploitation. The situation is different in China, however, where research demonstrates that shantytown transformation significantly reduces the level of residential energy consumption and helps lift dwellers out of energy poverty [26]. We can learn that all these studies emphasize, either directly or laterally, that shantytown transformation programs should value the affected residents' availability of physical, natural, human, financial, and social capital and reduce their vulnerability to risks to make their livelihoods sustainable.…”

“…Examining the relevant studies reveals that research on slum upgrading in developing countries has concentrated on assessing the course and outcomes of upgrading policies at the macro level [22][23][24][25][26], while only a few studies have explored the life economic impacts of slum upgrading on the affected residents at the micro-level [27][28][29]. Nevertheless, it has to be admitted that analyses at the macro-policy level may completely fail to capture the impact of specific slum-upgrading projects on the real lives of residents [30].…”