Abstract
Guangdong Province plays a role as pioneer and “experimental province” focusing on redeveloping and upgrading built-up areas. To distinguish and at the same time to encompass the different areas that are to be upgraded, the catchy concept of “Three Olds” redevelopment (san jiu gaizao) has been formulated, comprising regeneration of old town (jiu cheng), old village (jiu cun), and old industry (jiu chang) areas. The “Three Olds” redevelopment process leaves much space for experimentation, bargaining, compromises, and even incentives to trigger the redevelopment of the targeted zones. This chapter introduces the main objectives, challenges, and features of this new approach and compares its different implementation strategies and institutional settings in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The aim is to demonstrate the process of maturing.
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Notes
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“Improving the land of the 10,000 villages” is a redevelopment project initiated by Ministry of Land and Resources of the PRC in 2009. It depends on land redevelopment, overall planning, and redevelopment carried out in the whole village at the same time. By doing so, farmlands can be concentrated in specific areas and residential areas for villagers can move toward the central village and town, and other industries can be concentrated in the industry zone (http://finance.people.com.cn/nc/GB/61161/9649546.html).
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Yuanzhongcun can be defined as villages located in an industry zone or in zones where a certain sector is concentrated (http://www.qz001.gov.cn/jpm/portal?action=infoDetailAction&eventSubmit_doInfodetail=doInfodetail&id=943).
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Kongxincun can be understood from two perspectives. Architecturally, kongxincun are a consequence of unscientific planning. The majority of residential buildings for villagers are concentrated on the periphery of the village, whereas inside the village, a large quantity of land is left unused. Therefore, a landscape is formed in which the center of the village is empty while the outer ring keeps extending. Economically, kongxincun refer to the tendency that a large number of young villagers flood to the cities to make a living, leaving seniors and the sick in the villages (http://baike.baidu.com/view/862874.htm).
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Dressing and capping (chuan yi dai mao) is a metaphor for renovating houses’ façades and putting a roof on top in order to beautify and standardize the outer appearance at low costs.
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Schoon, S. (2014). Three Olds: Experimental Urban Restructuring with Chinese Characteristics, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Comparison. In: Altrock, U., Schoon, S. (eds) Maturing Megacities. Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6674-7_5
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