Processes of urban regeneration, new town development and strategic planning in globalizing cities are challenges extremely influential in the contemporary age. The urbanization rate in China already lies above 50% and will further increase rapidly in the future, this is the reason why the goals established by the Shanghai Master Plan (1999-2020) approved by the State Council of China in 2001, expect to achieve “zero” growth of the total urban built area, in order to regenerate Shanghai as an eco-city (or smart city). The development of Export Processing Zones EPZs, Free Trade Zones FTZs, Bonded Logistic Parks BLPs as well as other kind of industrial parks pushed the rapid economic growth of Chinese cities starting in the end of the Twenty century. The Jinqiao EPZ in Pudong New Area has been considered by the State Council in 2006 as the most economically successful industrial park in Shanghai. Despite the economic goals already achieved, there are some hidden catalyst effects produced by these EPZs on the development of urban villages. The study is aimed to identify what are the key factors leading to the de-urbanization process and unnecessary thwart of land use of the Xin Hong Village which represents the outcome of the massive industrialization of the Jinqiao EPZ: a brownfield which nowadays requires an urban regeneration process. The research questions behind the implementation of this study are two. The first one expects to identify the key-factors swayed by massive industrial development that played a role in defining the outcome of an urban village transformation as a brownfield. The research methods applied are the analysis of government’s tools, programs and plans together with the citizen participation phase carried out through interviews directly on the field of analysis. The expectations and targets defined for the development of the Jinqiao EPZ and the goals achieved as well as the current threats permit to clarify how the de-urbanization process took place and allow the identification of seven key-factors. Once described the factors and forces behind the constant decline of this neighborhood, the second research question is aimed to discover the most suitable urban regeneration strategies which are going to interrupt the de-urbanization process shaping the Xin Hong Village evolution so far. The research methods applied in this case are once again the analysis of government’s tools and citizens’ expectations, which allow the identification of strategies and desires for the future regeneration, together with the application of three planning theories introduced by Paul Davidoff, Randall G. Holcombe and Aaron Wildavsky. The balance between government’s will and citizens’ expectations has been drawn on the base of renewed planning theories which permit the identification of six strategies. The study ends with the definition of an Advocacy Plan and a related urban regeneration project for the future transformation of the Xin Hong Village.
Studio dei fattori chiave che hanno influenzato il processo di de-urbanizzazione di un villaggio urbano all'interno di un parco industriale di Shanghai. Successiva identificazione di strategie di rigenerazione urbana basate sulle aspettative del governo e dei cittadini e relativo progetto di riqualificazione.
Key factors in Brownfield regeneration. A case study of the Xin Hong village within the Jinqiao EPZ industrial park
GROSSI, ANDREA
2016/2017
Abstract
Processes of urban regeneration, new town development and strategic planning in globalizing cities are challenges extremely influential in the contemporary age. The urbanization rate in China already lies above 50% and will further increase rapidly in the future, this is the reason why the goals established by the Shanghai Master Plan (1999-2020) approved by the State Council of China in 2001, expect to achieve “zero” growth of the total urban built area, in order to regenerate Shanghai as an eco-city (or smart city). The development of Export Processing Zones EPZs, Free Trade Zones FTZs, Bonded Logistic Parks BLPs as well as other kind of industrial parks pushed the rapid economic growth of Chinese cities starting in the end of the Twenty century. The Jinqiao EPZ in Pudong New Area has been considered by the State Council in 2006 as the most economically successful industrial park in Shanghai. Despite the economic goals already achieved, there are some hidden catalyst effects produced by these EPZs on the development of urban villages. The study is aimed to identify what are the key factors leading to the de-urbanization process and unnecessary thwart of land use of the Xin Hong Village which represents the outcome of the massive industrialization of the Jinqiao EPZ: a brownfield which nowadays requires an urban regeneration process. The research questions behind the implementation of this study are two. The first one expects to identify the key-factors swayed by massive industrial development that played a role in defining the outcome of an urban village transformation as a brownfield. The research methods applied are the analysis of government’s tools, programs and plans together with the citizen participation phase carried out through interviews directly on the field of analysis. The expectations and targets defined for the development of the Jinqiao EPZ and the goals achieved as well as the current threats permit to clarify how the de-urbanization process took place and allow the identification of seven key-factors. Once described the factors and forces behind the constant decline of this neighborhood, the second research question is aimed to discover the most suitable urban regeneration strategies which are going to interrupt the de-urbanization process shaping the Xin Hong Village evolution so far. The research methods applied in this case are once again the analysis of government’s tools and citizens’ expectations, which allow the identification of strategies and desires for the future regeneration, together with the application of three planning theories introduced by Paul Davidoff, Randall G. Holcombe and Aaron Wildavsky. The balance between government’s will and citizens’ expectations has been drawn on the base of renewed planning theories which permit the identification of six strategies. The study ends with the definition of an Advocacy Plan and a related urban regeneration project for the future transformation of the Xin Hong Village.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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