Property-rights regime in transition: Understanding the urban regeneration process in China

《Property-rights regime in transition: Understanding the urban regeneration process in China – A case study of Jinhuajie, Guangzhou》

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作者: Xuan Liu;Jiangming Huang;Jieming Zhu

来源: CITIES,Vol.90,Issue1,Pages 181-190

语言: 英文

关键字: Urban regeneration;Property-rights regime;Institution;Guangzhou

作者单位: Depart of Urban Management, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No. 2006 Xiyuan Road, 611731 Chengdu, China;School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, China;Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University, 200092 Shanghai, China;Depart of Urban Management, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No. 2006 Xiyuan Road, 611731 Chengdu, China;School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, China;Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University, 200092 Shanghai, China

摘要: A variety of stakeholders have proposed different models of urban regeneration of China, and indicate an institutional arrangement that is more complex than a model dominated by the government or neoliberal interests. This study argues that the path to an effective property-rights regime for urban regeneration has become circuitous as it has needed to follow the trial-and-error process of institutional transition in China. Operational-level rights originally assigned to different actors have been gradually reclaimed by the land users and by the effect of market forces through ‘property-rights regime in transition’. Four rounds of regeneration were observed in Jinhuajie, Guangzhou over the past three decades, indicating the adoption of four property-rights regimes that have evolved sequentially, namely, a semi-open market for neighbourhood redevelopment, a semi-open market for land occupied by state-owned enterprises, an open market for redevelopment and an open market for both redevelopment and refurbishment. Each property-rights regime only reassigns one or two bundles of operational-level property rights from one actor to another to provide opportunities for older organisations to adapt to the new system. This inevitably led to an interweaving urban fabric and sub-optimal results of urban regeneration. This research suggests greater attention should be paid to cases of regeneration in different contexts as well as the interactions among the various stakeholders.