Urban renewal in Hong Kong: transition from development corporation to renewal authority

Adams, David; Hastings, E.M.

doi:10.1016/s0264-8377(01)00019-9

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“…Urban renewal aims at solving a series of urban problems, including urban function deterioration, social exclusion in urban areas, and environmental pollution. It is regarded as a sound approach to promoting land values, and improving environmental quality (Adams & Hastings, 2001); to rectifying the urban decay problem and meeting various socioeconomic objectives ; and to enhancing existing social networks, improving inclusion of vulnerable groups, and changing adverse impacts on the living environment (Chan & Yung, 2004). Specifically, urban renewal projects facilitate good-quality housing and reduce health risks to the community (Krieger & Higgins, 2002); promote the repair of dilapidated buildings (Ho, Yau, Poon, & Liusman, 2012); and improve the effective use of the building stock and land resources in the city (Ho et al, 2012).…”

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“…Urban renewal has been regarded as a sound approach to promoting land values and improving environmental quality (Adams & Hastings, 2001); rectifying the urban decay problem and meeting various socioeconomic objectives ; and enhancing existing social networks, improving inclusion of vulnerable groups, and changing adverse impacts on the living environment (Chan & Yung, 2004). In order to help tackle these issues, many studies have been conducted in this field.…”

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A review of recent studies on sustainable urban renewal

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Shen

Wang

2014

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Urban renewal and sustainable development are two popular issues in both policy agenda and academia. Although their importance has been increasingly recognized, an integrated review covering sustainability, planning, and urban renewal has yet to be produced. Based on 81 journal papers, this paper presents a critical review of recent studies on sustainable urban renewal over the period 1990 to 2012. The review focuses on the planning sub-system and the social sub-system of urban renewal in terms of the evaluation of sustainability. The complexity of achieving sustainable urban renewal is emphasized and discussed.To better clarify the mechanism behind the urban renewal process and improve urban sustainability, recommendations of future research directions are also provided.

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A review of recent studies on sustainable urban renewal

Zheng

Shen

Wang

2014

Habitat International

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“…These phenomena seriously hinder the development of the city and potentially cause social unrest if they remain unresolved. In response, a large number of redevelopment projects are occurring around the world to revive old districts [3,4]. These types of projects are called "urban renewal" and are the best way of addressing the decline of old districts [5].…”

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Key Variables for Decision-Making on Urban Renewal in China: A Case Study of Chongqing

Zhou

Liu

2017

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Currently, the Chinese government leads urban renewal via a top-down management style with the government playing the role of decision-maker. The decision-making opinions held by groups of stakeholders are divided, which creates many social problems, project technical issues and even civil disorder. This paper uses factor analysis to extract the key variables for decision-making on urban renewal and the entropy weight method to sort these key variables by importance. Based on this order, the differing opinions of stakeholders regarding urban renewal decision-making are explored. First, contradictory opinions exist concerning the importance of the ecological environment, housing and facilities, social welfare and commercial activities, which are the main driving forces behind urban renewal, due to the groups of stakeholders having different interest demands. Second, these varying interest demands of the stakeholders affect the urban renewal decision-making results. Finally, compensation to people for the demolition of their homes, infrastructure supplements and the investment behaviour of developers display the greatest lack of consensus of all the variables tested in urban renewal decision-making between different stakeholders.

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“…Urban sprawl leads to the spread of cities over rural lands. Urban renewal, also named urban regeneration, brings improvement to the existing urban areas, which is a sound approach to cope with urban decay and achieve multiple socioeconomic goals [7][8][9].…”

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“…In economic dimension, sustainable urban renewal refers to the rectification of urban decay, the effective use of urban land resources and the stimulation of lasting economic growth [7,36,37]. In narrow terms, economic sustainability of urban renewal also refers to sustainable government finance, sustainable investment and returns for developers, and the stability or increase of property prices in the standpoint of property owners, etc.…”

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Stakeholders’ Expectations in Urban Renewal Projects in China: A Key Step towards Sustainability

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China's fast growth of economy and urbanization have driven large-scale urban renewal projects, thus triggering a wide spectrum of unsustainable problems. Little research has systematically explored the stakeholders' expectations in urban renewal projects in China. A deeper understanding of the divergent interests and expectations of the key stakeholder groups is an important step towards sustainable urban renewal. This paper aims to analyze the stakeholders' expectations on urban renewal projects. Eighteen factors are identified and compared among the main stakeholders: government sectors, consulting parties, the general public and affected residents in both redevelopment and rehabilitation projects, using questionnaire survey and interviews in Chongqing, China. The results reveal that there exist enormous differences of opinions and interests among stakeholders in all economic, environmental and social aspects. To achieve sustainable urban renewal in China, the governments ought to reconsider what the "public interest" stands for. In-situ residents should be understood and treated differently, based on the type of projects. An effective dialogue mechanism as well as supportive administrative and legal system should be established. Moreover, urban-renewal-related education and publicity should be a long-term strategy to change current awareness of different stakeholders, by improving their skill and willingness to participate.

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Urban renewal in Hong Kong: transition from development corporation to renewal authority

Cited by 143 publications

References 10 publications

A review of recent studies on sustainable urban renewal

A review of recent studies on sustainable urban renewal

Key Variables for Decision-Making on Urban Renewal in China: A Case Study of Chongqing

Stakeholders’ Expectations in Urban Renewal Projects in China: A Key Step towards Sustainability

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