The Governance Model Investigation of Urban Village's Commercialization Based on Cultural Insight

Abstract

With the development of the city, urban villages, though an important part of the cities now, seem to be unable to avoid the fate of disappearing. Urban villages developed in China as a result of some original villages being surrounded by contemporary tall buildings. This paper reviewed the history and the development of urban villages, compared slum management in other countries to the management of urban villages in China, and takes Nantou Gucheng, an urban village in Shenzhen, as an example to explore the balance between economic development and preservation of cultural heritage. The paper shows that the urban village provided stalls for the brands like a commercial center, which was meaningless. The government should dig deep into the history of the urban villages. Besides, the government makes it possible to provide improved support to ensure old shops run by the original residents of urban villages for more than 10 years can continue to operate.