Document Type
Article
Department
Center for Urban and Global Studies
Publication Date
12-2016
Abstract
Urban heritage sites in central cities are most difficult to protect during rapid and large scale urban (re)development. Rising land values from property development conflict with and constrain heritage preservation. Compared with many cities in developed and developing countries, large Chinese cities have experienced a stronger redevelopment imperative, faster population growth, and a weaker concern for urban heritages over the last three decades. We use Shanghai to examine the contested evolution of heritage preservation against massive urban redevelopment through three stages from 1990 to the present. Using three heritage projects (Xintiandi, Tianzifang, Bugaoli), we focus on: 1) how each project was implemented and the economic and spatial outcomes each has produced; 2) how the mode of each project’s development interacted with the shifting official policies for heritage preservation; and 3) the implications of the findings, theoretical and practical, for more effective urban preservation.
Publication Title
Journal of Architecture and Urbanism
Volume
41
Issue
2
First Page
82
Last Page
91
DOI
10.3846/20297955.2017.1294120
Comments
Author's manuscript provided by Trinity College Digital Repository in accordance with the publisher's distribution policies. Published version available as:
Xiaohua Zhong and Xiangming Chen. “Demolition, Rehabilitation, and Conservation: Heritage in Shanghai’s Urban Regeneration, 1990-2015.” Journal of Architecture and Urbanism 41, no. 2 (2017): 82-91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2017.1294120