Urban Renewal Mode Research For Miscellaneous Blocks

With speeding up of urbanization in China since 1990s, reconstruction andrenovation of the old city zones has become essential. However, the current situation ofthe city renovation is not optimistic. Ruinous renovations for commercial purpose andtaking away the benefits from the residents who live in the old city zones are two criticalfacts that the author is concerned about. Both imperfectness of the existing economicstructure and lack of effective research strategies applied to city renovation can be mainreasons for the barriers in urbanization. In this paper, with field survey and research, theauthor focuses on exploring proper urban renewal mode in old city zones nowadays. Focusing on the individual case, Yongqing old city in WuHan, the author did fieldsurvey, analysis and research by using comprehensive research strategies includinginterview, questionnaire etc. The search comprises two phases: After a comprehensivefield survey for Yongqing old city in the first phase, the collected data show that the oldcity has a trait of being miscellaneous in which the dwelling blocks that aremiscellaneous in proprietor rights are aging too much and lacking in proper theoreticalguide to update. In the second phase one of those blocks is chosen to conduct aquestionnaire, the result of which shows a small-scale mode can maintain residence'srights better. However, being miscellaneous in proprietor rights obstructs the process ofsmall-scale reconstruction, this paper comes up with a way of residential cooperationconstructed by residence to let them participate in the conceivation of old city's renewalafter purifying proprietor's rights. We hope this research can provide both instructive advice for the second renovationphase in Yongqing city and a solid reference for renovation in other old city. In addition,the research of Yongqing city's renovation is an initial exploration for old city.