Which Spatial Elements Influence Waterfront Space Vitality the Most?—A Comparative Tracking Study of the Maozhou River Renewal Project in Shenzhen, China

Yating Fan, Da Kuang, Wei Tu and Yu Ye ()
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Yating Fan: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Da Kuang: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Wei Tu: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Yu Ye: College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-18

Abstract: Urban waterfront renewal, especially public space improvement, is important for regaining waterfront space vitality. However, existing studies constrained by sparse and hard-to-access data are hard to explore how changes in spatial elements during waterfront renewal would affect space vitality. Waterfront space vitality comprises social vitality represented by public behaviors and economic vitality represented by urban functional facilities. Taking the Maozhou River renewal project in China as an example, we collect spatial elements and vitality on corresponding periods in 2018 and 2020 (before and after the renewal construction) and use multiple linear regression models to assess the relationships. We find that the functional diversity (e.g., commercial and cultural facilities) and design quality (e.g., path density and the shoreline’s proximity to the water) are the two most influential spatial elements affecting space vitality during waterfront renewal. Overall, the use of two-time datasets has generated strong evidence for measuring waterfront revitalization.

Keywords: urban waterfront; vitality; spatial elements; spatio-temporal differentiation; multi-sourced urban data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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