Institutional Innovation for Urban Village Renewal in Mainland China

Dinghuan YUAN; Yung YAU; Haijun BAO

doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-7158-2.ch004

Institutional Innovation for Urban Village Renewal in Mainland China

Dinghuan YUAN
, Yung YAU
, Haijun BAO

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Abstract

China has been experiencing rapid urban development but urban renewal projects on collective rural land often inflicts social conflicts. This article examines an innovative villagers' committee-led land readjustment model which was applied for urban village renewal. As shown in the case study of “renewal of old village” project in Yiwu, the bottom-up model empowered villagers to design and implement their own relocation scheme. With a transparent and socially acceptable relocation scheme, the villagers willingly participated in the project for a fairer share of potential profit of the project. The local government could also achieve multiple goals like increasing land use efficiency and providing basic infrastructure and communal amenities in the renewed neighborhoods without any actual financial investment. The empowerment of villagers' committees is an innovative and successful experiment in urban village renewal representing the best interest of rural communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth
Editors	Qaiser Rafique YASSER
Publisher	IGI Global Publishing
Chapter	4
Pages	56-74
ISBN (Electronic)	9781522571599
ISBN (Print)	9781522571582
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7158-2.ch004
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth
ISSN (Print)	2330-3271
ISSN (Electronic)	2330-328X

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YUAN, D., YAU, Y., & BAO, H. (2019). Institutional Innovation for Urban Village Renewal in Mainland China. In Q. R. YASSER (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth (pp. 56-74). (Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth). IGI Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7158-2.ch004

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YUAN, D, YAU, Y & BAO, H 2019, Institutional Innovation for Urban Village Renewal in Mainland China. in QR YASSER (ed.), Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth. Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth, IGI Global Publishing, pp. 56-74. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7158-2.ch004

Institutional Innovation for Urban Village Renewal in Mainland China. / YUAN, Dinghuan; YAU, Yung; BAO, Haijun.
Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth. ed. / Qaiser Rafique YASSER. IGI Global Publishing, 2019. p. 56-74 (Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth).

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YUAN D, YAU Y, BAO H. Institutional Innovation for Urban Village Renewal in Mainland China. In YASSER QR, editor, Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth. IGI Global Publishing. 2019. p. 56-74. (Handbook of Research on Rural Sociology and Community Mobilization for Sustainable Growth). doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7158-2.ch004

Institutional Innovation for Urban Village Renewal in Mainland China

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