Towards Sustainable Regeneration of City Regions

Sustainable revitalisation as a tool for regenerating the attractiveness of an inner-city historic commercial district: ‘Han District’ as a case

“…The diverse characteristics and uniqueness of these districts make them attractive to both the inhabitants of and the visitors to these cities (Hidalgo et al, 2006;Carr and Servon, 2009). However, many inner-city historic commercial districts in the world are being threatened, physically degraded or even destroyed by the impact of rapid urbanisation owing to the forces of globalisation and industrialisation (Kidokoro et al, 2008). As the existing physical, social and economic conditions of these districts cannot satisfy the contemporary needs of urban dwellers, many inner-city inhabitants and activities have left these areas to be closer to the contemporary facilities of suburban settlements (Pojani, 2008;Vehbi and Hos¸kara, 2009).…”

Steering the Metropolis: Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Urban Development 

“…The roles of their public and private sectors in regional formation vary in form and sophistication. Although much work on megacity regions now exists (e.g., Simmonds and Hack, 2000;Hall, 2001;Scott, 2001;Herrschel and Newman 2002;Salet, Thornley, and Kreukels, 2003;Laquian, 2005;Hall and Pain, 2006;Kidokoro, et al, 2008), none are devoted to exploring experiences and broad questions related to governance and planning in mega-city regions from an international comparative perspective. Moreover, despite the fact that superagglomeration, or city-regions, in the global south have attracted substantial attention (e.g., Scott, 2001;Stren, 2001;Douglass, 2001Douglass, , 2002Laquian, 2005;Wu and Zhang, 2007;Xu, 2008), we still know far less about how regions have evolved in developing countries compared to the regions of advanced capitalist states even though the largest and fastest-growing urbanized locations are situated in this part of the world.…”