Public participation enhances public value in urban renewal projects：A multi-case study

Wang Jinyu  Wang Yuanming
(School of Public Administration, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134)

Abstract: Urban renewal is a model for achieving sustainable urban development. Among them, urban renewal involving demolition and reconstruction involves many stakeholders, and the contradictions faced are the most acute. Therefore, understanding people's views on public participation, understanding the needs of the public in the participation process, and establishing an effective public participation mechanism are crucial to the improvement of the public value of demolition and reconstruction urban renewal projects. This article selects 10 typical urban renewal projects for demolition and reconstruction for analysis. By determining the key dimensions of public participation: participants, methods of participation, characteristics of participation, gradient leaps in participation, and achievements. Through these five dimensions, we analyze the gradient leaping mechanism that the public participates in the demolition and reconstruction urban renewal projects. The results of the study show that the standards for public participation are not uniform, and there are always phenomena of weak public status, symbolic public participation, and non-participatory public participation in the process of public participation, which hinders the progress of the project. Finally, based on the value co-creation theory, construct a conceptual model of public participation in demolition and reconstruction urban renewal projects, clarify the important position of the public in urban renewal projects, and the important role of public participation in the promotion of public value. To assist in the demolition and reconstruction of urban regeneration projects to achieve sustainable development.

Keywords ：Dismantling and reconstruction;  Gradient jump mechanism;  Urban renewal public participation;  Value co-creation theory