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The Guidance of Public Value in China’s Historic Environment: Research on Regeneration Strategies Using Taiyuan’s Bell Tower Street as an Example
by
Ruijie Zhang
Ruijie Zhang 1,
Miquel Martí Casanovas
Miquel Martí Casanovas 2,
Montserrat Bosch González
Montserrat Bosch González 3,
Zhihui Zhang
Zhihui Zhang 4,* and
Haoran Li
Haoran Li 4
1
Department of Architectural, Building Construction and Urbanism Technology, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Department of Urbanism, Territory and Landscape, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Department of Architectural Technology, Escola Politècnica Superior d’Edificació de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Department of Architectural, Civil and Urban Heritage and Refurbishment of Existing Buildings, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Land 2024, 13(8), 1189; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081189 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 5 June 2024
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Revised: 23 July 2024
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Accepted: 30 July 2024
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Published: 1 August 2024
Abstract
When profit-driven renewal is difficult to implement, many historic districts in China become "frozen" under protection. In the recent social context of “building cities for the people”, public value-oriented renewal of urban historic areas has become crucial in city transformation. This study investigates strategies for historic district regeneration in China by integrating spatial form, urban governance, and public value. We propose a novel framework to analyze the regeneration of historic districts, using Taiyuan’s Bell Tower Street as a case study. The framework distinguishes between two dimensions: spatial and economic–social. In the spatial dimension, we focus on the transformation of spatial form to regenerate public value, emphasizing the attribute of "publicness" as central to urban regeneration efforts. This involves a tiered approach to excavating and upgrading historic districts at macro, meso, and micro levels. The economic–social dimension explores urban governance to enhance public value through collaboration between government, market, and societal actors. This study employs a mixed-methods approach, including document reviews, interviews, field observations, and statistical data analysis. The analysis highlights that a public value-oriented approach to heritage regeneration can balance historical preservation with contemporary urban needs, offering a sustainable model for other cities.
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Zhang, R.; Casanovas, M.M.; González, M.B.; Zhang, Z.; Li, H.
The Guidance of Public Value in China’s Historic Environment: Research on Regeneration Strategies Using Taiyuan’s Bell Tower Street as an Example. Land 2024, 13, 1189.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081189
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Zhang R, Casanovas MM, González MB, Zhang Z, Li H.
The Guidance of Public Value in China’s Historic Environment: Research on Regeneration Strategies Using Taiyuan’s Bell Tower Street as an Example. Land. 2024; 13(8):1189.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081189
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Zhang, Ruijie, Miquel Martí Casanovas, Montserrat Bosch González, Zhihui Zhang, and Haoran Li.
2024. "The Guidance of Public Value in China’s Historic Environment: Research on Regeneration Strategies Using Taiyuan’s Bell Tower Street as an Example" Land 13, no. 8: 1189.
https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081189
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