Journal
URBAN STUDIES
Volume 55, Issue 7, Pages 1420-1438Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0042098017729788
Keywords
growth machine; Guangzhou; place entrepreneurs; redevelopment; urban village
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- National Science Foundation of China [41571118, 41271138]
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/N010981/1, ES/N007603/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- ESRC [ES/N007603/1, ES/N010981/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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This research investigates the mechanism of urban village redevelopment in south China. Through a revised typology of place entrepreneurs based on the growth machine thesis and a case study of Liede village in central Guangzhou, it illustrates how land-based interests embedded in an imbalanced power relationship can (de-)activate urban village redevelopment. The study reveals that while urban villagers, as represented by the village collective, have entrenched interests in the redevelopment process, the city government - as monopolistic land manager and place entrepreneur - plays the deciding role in forging and halting a growth machine geared towards urban village redevelopment. Although developers are also part of the process, the (de-)activation of redevelopment growth machine/coalition in Guangzhou has largely been dominated by the city government. With a comparative view on the original growth machine model, it is hoped that this study would furnish both theoretical and practical thoughts for future research.
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