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作者

Chengzhi Yin;Jianhua Xiao;Xingyu Qian

来源

CITIES,Vol.135,Issue1,Article 104193

语言

英文

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作者单位

School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;School of Public Policy & Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;School of Public Policy & Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts, Final International University, Via Mesin 10, Girne, TRNC, Turkey;Community and Regional Planning, The University of Texas at Austin, 310 Inner Campus Dr. B7500, Austin, TX 78712, USA;Community & Regional Planning, USDOT UTC Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions, The University of Texas at Austin, 310 Inner Campus Dr. B7500, Austin, TX 78712, USA;Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, United Kingdom;Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, J.E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czechia;Institute for Economic and Environmental Policy, Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, J.E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czechia;LUT University, Sustainability Science, Mukkulankatu 19, 15210, Lahti, Finland;City of Lahti, Askonkatu 2, 15100, Lahti, Finland;Department of Geography & Environment, Western University, Canada;Department of Geography, Virginia Tech, USA;Department of Geography and Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA), The Ohio State University, USA;Department of Geography & Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Canada;College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China;University Key Lab for Geomatics Technology and Optimize Resources Utilization in Fujian Province, Fuzhou 350002, China;College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China

摘要

Since 2006, urban planning has been termed as an important element of public policy in China. Urban master planning has theoretically been the fundamental strategy with regard to the distribution of spatial resources in urban areas. However, in reality, the regulation of urban planning has not achieved the legally binding goals pertaining to resource savings, environment friendliness, and preservation of natural and cultural resources. There have been public power interferences in the implementation of urban planning, which has often led to serious environmental pollution, destruction of heritage, and safety issues. This article uses “Urban planning failure” to describe this phenomenon. Currently, practitioners disagree on what causes urban planning failure exactly. The Q methodology has been applied to facilitate the analysis of urban planning failure in the Chinese context. The research findings show that the “top-down” (senior official's absolute authority) and “network” (stakeholder's multiple interaction) interpretation of urban planning failure have been verified, while the “bottom-up” interpretation has not been substantiated. In the institutional context of decentralization of decision making power in urban planning from the central to local governments, senior official's absolute authority of local governments is the logical starting point to interpret the urban planning failure. The pressure of political performance and the absolute obedience of subordinates molded the structural conditions of urban planning failure. Meanwhile, stakeholder interactions too have played important roles in the context of information asymmetry, interest entanglement, and lack of supervision.