Theory and Practice of Urban Renewal: A Case Study of Hong Kong and Shenzhen

Guoliang Ou () and Gang Wu ()
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Guoliang Ou: Shenzhen Polytechnic
Gang Wu: Shenzhen Polytechnic

Chapter Chapter 16 in Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 2014, pp 147-153 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In recent years, along with the acceleration of development of cities in our country, land resources in city is becoming shortage and urban renewal in large and medium-sized city like a raging fire. Due to the serious urban renewal problems under current real estate system, like the imbalance of interests and social inequality, restricting its further development practice. Although the academic circles of our country have done more extensive research on urban renewal and related issues, but mostly only based on spatial updating method or the introduction of foreign experience. This paper describes the theory and practice of domestic and international urban renewal, taking Shenzhen and Hong Kong as an example, analyzes the characteristics of China’s urban renewal and discusses how to solve the contradiction between the city transformation and sustainable development, and puts forward related suggestions.

Keywords: Urban renewal; Urban redevelopment; Urban regeneration; Hong Kong; Shenzhen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-44916-1_16

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