Abstract
While specific strategies and action plans, such as community engagement, partnerships, and social networks, have been vastly explored in light of the growing significance of collaborative governance in urban regeneration projects, there is little information on the differences in the perceptions of stakeholders regarding collaborative governance. This study analyzed the differences in the perceptions of local governments, residents, merchants, and urban planners, all participants in the urban regeneration of Nanluoguxiang, China’s representative urban regeneration project. The main results of the study are as follows. First, the perception of participations’ roles and the importance of collaborative governance are significant differences between stakeholders. Second, if they have insufficient knowledge of the functions and significance of other participating groups, diverse conflicts can occur in the process of urban regeneration. Third, since various conflicts between participants could play a crucial role in the delay the urban regeneration projects, urban planners require coordinators and mediators to enable smooth project progress.
Highlights
Regeneration Project: A Case StudyWhen making policy decisions that involve socially important choices or agreements, planers face concerns about how to reflect the opinions of diverse citizens before reaching a consensus
For 46 days, from March to May, 2018, surveys and interviews were conducted with 73 local government officials, residents, merchants, and urban planning experts who had been involved in the Nanluoguxiang urban regeneration project from the beginning
In order to elicit successful collaborative governance in the urban regeneration project, the study analyzed the differences in perception of participating groups through DEMATEL
Summary
Regeneration Project: A Case StudyWhen making policy decisions that involve socially important choices or agreements, planers face concerns about how to reflect the opinions of diverse citizens before reaching a consensus. Collaborative governance refers to a governance framework that is led by the government to capitalize on policies, and reduce conflicts and improve efficiency, through the participation and cooperation of residents in important decision-making [1]. In the area of urban planning, which requires regional consensus, several attempts have been made at community participation and open governance, such as collaborative, communicative, and deliberative planning for policy decisions [2,3]. Passive community participation in implementing an urban regeneration project could lead to the failure of the whole project [6], and it is a common notion that community inputs should be included in the process of planning regeneration policies [7]. Collaborative decision-making and the form of public governance have become critical to successful urban regeneration [9]
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