Between the state and citizens: Changing governance of intermediary organisations for inclusive and sustainable urban regeneration in Seoul

A key theme in urban governance research is how neoliberalism reshapes the state–society relationship. Our study on Guangzhou, where urban regeneration through massive redevelopment of “villages-in-the-city” uncovered interactions between the state, market, and community in local governance, contributes to this debate. Based on intensive field research to analyze three projects, we find that what really controls neoliberal growth in China is not simply the authoritarian tradition of the socialist state but also the power of the indigenous village communities. Our findings suggest that state intervention for community building is vital for rebalancing power relations between the state, market, and community.

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Management of the C&D waste in the urban regeneration project

TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment ◽

10.36253/techne-10615 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 240-248

Author(s):

Maria Teresa Giammetti ◽

Marina Rigillo

Keyword(s):

Supply Chains ◽

Urban Regeneration ◽

The State ◽

Special Focus ◽

Physical Analysis ◽

Material Flows ◽

Construction Waste ◽

Ex Ante ◽

First Results ◽

Building System

This paper presents the first results of the research agreement signed by the Federico II University and CDP Immobiliare concerning reusing and recycling construction waste in the urban regeneration project. The research is aimed to develop a technical protocol for the ex-ante evaluation of the demolition operations, with a special focus on the criteria for picking the material samples to undergo chemical-physical analysis. The article is focused on the demolition process, implementing a BIM-based filing of the building system and aimed at a preliminary understanding of the material quantity, the material consistency and the state of conservation of the elements to be demolished. A tentative pre-characterisation, and an inventory of any contaminants present in the materials are also provided. In the form of discussion, further implications related the building characterisation and the planning of material flows with the reuse and recycle supply chains are provided as well.

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The state and post-industrial urban regeneration: the reinvention of south Cardiff

Urban History ◽

10.1017/s0963926817000384 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 504-523 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

LEON GOOBERMAN

Keyword(s):

Central Government ◽

Urban Regeneration ◽

The State ◽

Local Authorities ◽

Small Areas ◽

Economic Stagnation ◽

Post Industrial ◽

Cardiff Bay

ABSTRACT:South Cardiff was once dependent on the export of coal and the production of steel, but these activities had faded by the 1970s, creating economic stagnation and physical dereliction. However, the area was rechristened ‘Cardiff Bay’ in the mid-1980s and was the focus of an ambitious and contested state-funded regeneration. This article argues that regeneration was broadly successful, although not without failures, and that government remained willing to intervene heavily in some small areas. The main contribution is to identify and analyse how local authorities retained influence over regeneration, in contrast to approaches taken elsewhere by central government.

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Local Economic Development in Area-based Urban Regeneration in Germany

Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit ◽

10.1080/02690940903314910 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (6-7) ◽

pp. 523-535 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Sabine Weck

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Local Economic Development ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Local Level ◽

Urban Regeneration ◽

The State ◽

Federal States ◽

The City ◽

Insight Into

The article is intended to give insight into the state of the art of local economic development in area-based urban regeneration in Germany. The impor-tance of local economic development has been widely recognised and a series of workshops, evaluation reports and programmes has been initiated to promote this policy area. A set of policy programmes has been developed to support integrated action in distressed urban areas. There are no radical changes in the different programme designs, but rather subsequent adaptations and amplifications through time. Policy learning has taken place in a process cutting across all levels of government. The state of the art of local economic development is illustrated using the example of the city of Gelsenkirchen in order to see how different funding programmes on the national and/or Länder (federal states) level are applied and combined on the local level, and how they help to formulate an integrated urban renewal approach. A range of policy challenges remains. The challenges on the local level include, for example, the development of strategic capacity in designing and implementing local-economic development measures.

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