Exploration and reflection on the practice mode of the responsible planner system in Beijing Core Area from the perspective of urban renewal

Abstract

Based on the clear positioning of Beijing core areas in the new urban planning of Beijing, Dongcheng District and Xicheng District have carried out a series of urban renewal work of “Environmental Remediation of hundreds of streets and allies” and “Rearrangement Planning of Blocks”. Both districts explored and established the responsibility planner system in 2017, aiming to achieve refined construction and management in the process of organic renewal, and ensure the implementation of the plan and public participation. This paper, combined with the visiting and investigational results of the urban renewal project in Beijing core areas, sorts out the duties and roles of the responsibility planners in each step, explores the establishment and promotion of the responsibility planner system, analyzes the optimization space of current system and proposes several advices on the follow-up system.