Brave New City: Three Problems in Chinese Urban Public Space since the 1980s

Pu Miao

Journal of Urban Design, 2011, vol. 16, issue 2, 179-207

Abstract: After three decades of urban renewal in China, public spaces used by average residents have not been improved proportionally and, in some cases, have even deteriorated. Three problems can be identified. 'Window-dressing' prevails in government-developed squares and parks. Their locations and monumentality have made residents less willing to use these spaces. 'Privatization' describes how private developers maximize profits at the cost of public life in the urban environment surrounding their projects. 'Gentrification', different from its meaning in the West, refers to the tendency to ignore the needs of mid- and low-income residents in public facilities. Not entirely a repetition of the 1950s Western urban renewal, the Chinese cases reflect a society changing from a socialist system to a capitalist one.

Date: 2011
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