Resilient Governance of Urban Redevelopment: State, Market and Communities in China Since 1990 (SpringerBriefs in Geography)

To examine the origins, characteristics, and outcomes of resilient governance with Chinese characteristics, this open access book takes Guangzhou, a typical Chinese city from 1990 to 2015, as an example. Through participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and the collection of secondary data, this book finds that (1) the institutional context can be described as an authoritarian land-oriented pro-growth regime; (2) there are three phases with different patterns of governance: the Primitive Market Phase (1990–1998), the Pure Government Phase (1998–2006) and the Multiple Players Phase (2006–2015); (3) redevelopment can serve as a model of resilient governance because it changes in time in a dynamic environment to maximise economic growth; (4) an authoritarian land-oriented pro-growth regime is the key to support such a resilient governance model. This is an open access book. Preface Acknowledgments Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Miraculous or Miserable? Urban Redevelopment in Economic Growth of China 1.2 Literature Review and Gaps 1.3 Research Design 1.3.1 Aims and Objectives 1.3.2 The Reasons to Choose Guangzhou After 1990 1.3.3 Structure of This Study References 2 Background of Urban Redevelopment 2.1 Introduction of Guangzhou 2.2 China’s Authoritarian Political Regime 2.3 Relation Between Guangzhou and the Central Government 2.3.1 Central-Local Relations and 1994 Reform 2.3.2 Leaders of Guangzhou in a Promotion Tournament 2.4 A Land-Oriented Growth Structure and the Role of Urban Redevelopment 2.4.1 Land Property Rights and Regulations 2.5 An Institutional Framework of Land-Oriented Growth and Redevelopment References 3 Three Phases of Urban Redevelopment Governance 3.1 Primitive Market Phase (1990–1996) 3.1.1 Overall Characteristics of Redevelopment in This Phase 3.1.2 Typical Project: Liwan Square Redevelopment (1992–1995) 3.1.3 Summary of the Primitive Market Phase 3.2 Pure Government Phase (1998–2006) 3.2.1 Overall Characteristics of Redevelopment in This Phase 3.2.2 Typical Project: Three Changes of Guangzhou 3.2.3 Summary of the Pure Government Phase 3.3 Multiple Players Phase (2006–2015) 3.3.1 Overall Characteristics of Redevelopment in This Phase 3.3.2 Typical Project: Enning Road Redevelopment (2006–2015) 3.3.3 Summary of the Multiple Player Phase 3.4 Guangzhou Style of State-Market-Community Relations References 4 Resilient Governance of Urban Redevelopment 4.1 Changes Impacted on Urban Redevelopment in Guangzhou 4.1.1 Political Changes 4.1.2 Social Changes 4.1.3 Economic Changes 4.2 Resilient Governance as Responses to Changes 4.3 Authoritarian Characteristics as the Basis for Resilient Governance 4.3.1 Autonomies of Guangzhou Municipality 4.3.2 Mayors’ Preference to Influence Urban Redevelopment Governance 4.3.3 Institutional Capacities to Support Resilient Governance References 5 Conclusion 5.1 Research Findings 5.1.1 Institutional Background 5.1.2 Three Phases of Governance in Urban Redevelopment 5.1.3 Resilient Governance of Urban Redevelopment in Guangzhou 5.2 Comparing Guangzhou to Other Chinese Cities 5.3 Limits of This Research and Areas for Future Research Reference