Green and low-carbon-oriented urban redevelopment: the transformation of urban governance in China

Chen Li and Mark Wang

Chapter 15 in Handbook on Local Governance in China, 2023, pp 260-271 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Given the central government of China’s greater attention on the concept of green development and the construction of ecological civilization in recent years, the redevelopment of existing neighbourhoods in inner-city areas has undergone a significant transformation to accommodate to these national strategies, promoting green and low-carbon and eventually achieving the policy goal of ‘Common Prosperity’. However, by reviewing the existing government documents, initiatives and policies on green and low-carbon-oriented urban (re)development, this chapter finds that the current version of green and low-carbon-oriented urban (re)development is inadequate, as it has continued to be blind to the socioeconomic, spatial and environmental disparities between different cities and between different communities within a city and ignored the situations of the marginalized population. The chapter therefore argues that the conventional governance mechanism would be a stumbling block that impedes cities to solve poor environmental conditions and socioeconomic polarization, and green and low-carbon-oriented urban (re)development involves institutional and governance reform in China. The chapter suggests that in their pursuit of green and low-carbon-oriented urban (re)development, governments at different levels need to reconstitute the mode of governance and refine the development values.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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