What Determines the Success of Culture-Led Regeneration Projects in China?

Tao Yu, Qi Tang, Yongxiang Wu, Yaowu Wang and Zezhou Wu
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Tao Yu: Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Qi Tang: Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Yongxiang Wu: Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Yaowu Wang: Department of Construction Management, School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
Zezhou Wu: Sino-Australia Joint Research Center in BIM and Smart Construction, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518061, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 18, 1-21

Abstract: Culture-led regeneration projects (CRPs) have been identified as an effective means for enhancing the sustainable development of cities. Related topics have been investigated; however, relatively little information is known about what factors are critical for achieving success in these kinds of regeneration projects. Based on a literature review and five case studies, this study contributes to the body of knowledge by identifying 25 critical success factors (CSFs) for managing CRPs in China. A questionnaire survey was designed to evaluate the relative importance of these factors from practitioners’ and researchers’ perspectives. In addition, a factor analysis was carried out to group these CSFs into five categories, namely government policies and culture-led regeneration strategies, stakeholder management and financing support, technical solutions for CRPs, social security, and industry development. The results demonstrated that cultural value management, integrating cultural development with urban planning, adopting sustainable development principles, reconstructing the city image and brand, and the availability of culture-led planning methods played the most important roles in the success of CRPs. The findings of this study can help practitioners enhance their regeneration project performance.

Keywords: critical success factors; culture-led regeneration projects; factor analysis; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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