Abstract With the process of
urbanisation, the world faces a conflict
between growing urban populations and
limited land. A large number of literatures
describe many social problems caused by
traditional property-led and large-scale
demolition regeneration. As a result, urban
regeneration is shifting towards sustainable
development, where social sustainability is
an emerging area of urban planning policy
and practice. In this context, the trend of
urban regeneration in China is micro
regeneratio (weigaizao), which emphasises
small-scale in-situ redevelopment and
community vibrancy rather than creating
land profits. This dissertation examines this
micro regeneration approach and
governance model behind it by taking the
Beijing Baitasi Historical District (BHD) as an
example, and analyses how the governance
model can achieve social sustainability.
The study used a qualitative approach to
interview 10 stakeholders involved in the
regeneration and a quantitative approach
to conduct a questionnaire survey among
138 residents. The results show that the
BHD regeneration has developed a
coordinated government-market-resident
governance structure which is based on a government-dominated property rights
structure, which reflects the role of the
state. The state uses land development
models, national strategic objectives and
project-oriented governance to implement
strategies aimed at social sustainability.
Not only that, micro regeneration has an
initial character of social sustainability. By
government dominance as the guarantee,
commercialisation as the path, and
people’s rights and power as the basis can
the governance structure fulfil the
objectives of social sustainability. The
challenges are the dominance of the
government being the obstacles to
commercialisation, residents’ lacking direct
and diverse channels for feedback and
needs, and the complex property right
structure. These findings provide lessons
for the future urban regeneration in China.
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