The Right to Envision the City? The Emerging Vision Conflicts in Redeveloping Historic Nanjing, China

Chen，Hao1; Wang，Lili2; Waley，Paul3

2019

10.1177/1078087419847769

URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW   影响因子和分区

1078-0874

1552-8332

This article presents a new trend in urban politics in China, that is, the intertwined conflicts of three competing visions—entrepreneurial redevelopment, historic conservation, and community conservation—in the redevelopment of historic areas. Through an in-depth case study of the struggles around the redevelopment of historic Nanjing, we outline three key points. First, historic conservation has emerged as a strong urban vision competing against entrepreneurial redevelopment in historic districts, since the early 2000s. Second, local residents have tactically employed the discourse of historic conservation to negotiate their own visions of community conservation, yet these have largely failed since the major concern of the elite vision of historic conservation is the preservation of material structures rather than communities living in them. Third, and in conclusion, this article calls for a more inclusive vision of historic community conservation and more attention to the “envisioning” right of ordinary residents in Chinese urban politics.

historic conservation Nanjing the right to the city urban redevelopment vision conflicts

SSCI

英语

通讯

Urban Studies

Urban Studies

WOS:000574525300006

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC

SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL

2-s2.0-85065642170

Scopus

1.Nanjing University,Nanjing,China
2.Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,China
3.University of Leeds,Leeds,United Kingdom

Chen，Hao,Wang，Lili,Waley，Paul. The Right to Envision the City? The Emerging Vision Conflicts in Redeveloping Historic Nanjing, China[J]. URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW,2019,56(6):1746-1778.

Chen，Hao,Wang，Lili,&Waley，Paul.(2019).The Right to Envision the City? The Emerging Vision Conflicts in Redeveloping Historic Nanjing, China.URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW,56(6),1746-1778.

Chen，Hao,et al."The Right to Envision the City? The Emerging Vision Conflicts in Redeveloping Historic Nanjing, China".URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW 56.6(2019):1746-1778.