Abstract
In China, while large-scale industrial land redevelopment has played a significant role in promoting economic growth, it has also triggered a series of unsustainable problems. To date, few studies have explored the expectations of stakeholders in industrial redevelopment projects in China. Gaining an in-depth understanding of the diverse expectations among core stakeholders is an essential step towards realizing social sustainability. This study aims to analyze these diverse expectations in industrial land redevelopment projects. For this purpose, 19 factors were identified and compared across the following core stakeholders: local governments, consulting experts, the general public, and original land users of state-led redevelopment and land user-led redevelopment projects, using questionnaires and interviews conducted in Shanghai, China. The findings show there to be tremendous differences between the expectations of different stakeholder groups in terms of economic, social and environmental aspects. Major differences were also found between the expectations of original land users across different project types. Moreover, the negative externalities, the balance between industrial and residential space, the diverse needs of original land users in different project types, and the barriers to stakeholders’ participation, in industrial land redevelopment in China were discussed. The findings of the current paper are conducive to optimizing stakeholder participation in industrial land redevelopment so as to enhance social sustainability.
Highlights
Since its reform and opening up, China has experienced a period of rapid urbanization, with the rate of increasing from 17.91% in 1978 to 59.58% in 2018 [1]
As described by a representative of consultants: “In many instances, local governments have determined the goals of industrial land redevelopment before we provide consulting services
Gaining an in-depth understanding of the expectations of different stakeholders forms the foundation of sustainable industrial land redevelopment
Summary
Since its reform and opening up, China has experienced a period of rapid urbanization, with the rate of increasing from 17.91% in 1978 to 59.58% in 2018 [1]. Predictions estimate that China’s urbanization rate will reach 80% by 2030, and that its urban population will increase by about 300 million [2]. To guarantee the needs of urbanization and sustainable economic growth in the future, more urban space must be provided; most cities in China currently face the problems of urban decline and land shortage. Urban renewal can be seen as an important way of dealing with the problem of China’s shortage of urban space
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