Exploring Livable Communities in Urban Renewal: Case Study of China’s Metropolises

作者：Ben Xiang, Mingjie Liang, Jianjun Ma, Chenzhe Ouyang, Jiaxin Lu · 发表于：Buildings · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.3390/buildings15224072 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance、Urban Planning and Valuation、Urbanization and City Planning

As urban boundaries continue to expand and core city areas undergo optimization, megacities such as New York, London, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou exert a siphon effect on surrounding regions, intensifying population concentration and land demand. However, the imperative for coordinated production-living-ecological space development has placed limits on uncontrolled urban sprawl, highlighting the need for connotative, high-quality urban growth. Recent initiatives in urban village renewal and regeneration aim to enhance land-use efficiency but face persistent challenges—including preserving indigenous settlements and cultural heritage, while creating livable and friendly communities within high-density contexts. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach—combining bibliometrics analysis, questionnaire surveys, and enterprise interviews—this research investigates core challenges to urban renewal. Results indicate that multi-party collaborative governance integrating policy innovation, cultural preservation, human-centered planning, smart technologies, and sustainable development is essential for advancing “people-industry-city integration” in renewal models.