DOI: 10.19830/j.upi.2020.051
A Comparative Study of Urban Regeneration Systems in the Developed Countries and Their Enlightenment to China: Taking France, Germany, Japan, Britain and the United States as Examples

Liu Di, Tang Jingxian, Zhao Xianfeng, Liu Haoyi

Keywords: Urban Regeneration; Institution System; Governance; Comparative Study; Urban Regeneration Regulations; Competitiveness; Community Regeneration

Abstract:

Urban development in China is in a period of transition from large-scale urban growth to quality-led urban regeneration. One of the major issues is to establish a well-organized institutional system, ensuring that the comprehensive improvement activities are carried out in an orderly manner. Based on the comparative study of urban regeneration systems in France, Germany, Japan, Britain and the United States, this research puts forward a fundamental framework for regeneration consisting of law system, management system, plan system and operation system, as well as suggestions for a system adapted to China’s institutional environment. There are two main forms of law system in the five countries. In countries using civil law system, the regulation system of urban regeneration consists of top-down laws, regulations and decrees. In comparison, countries using common law system mainly regulate urban regeneration in the form of “legal bundles” promulgated by sub-national administrative levels. Regeneration management shows obvious characteristics of decentralization. National and municipal levels are the relatively critical in actual affairs management. Projects running in the five countries are mostly conducted by market-oriented cooperative entities authorized by the administrative agencies. Regeneration projects are divided into two main types, one orients to enhance the competitiveness of cities, which mostly happens in comprehensive commercial zone in urban center, in contrast, the other aims at social justice, which is mainly community regeneration considering environment improvement and housing supply. Top-down elite decision-making and bottom-up autonomous declaration are both common in terms of regeneration project operation. Governments have adopted various creative institutional approaches in land management, financing, and space monitoring based on political intention and financial capabilities. Suggestions are put forward considering the current institutional environment and urban management characteristics in China.

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