Empowering the “Stall Economy”

A Case Study of an Urban Village in Guangzhou, China

DOI

10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_21How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Street stalls; Urban villages; Stall economy; Policy and planning; Public spaces; China

Abstract

China has suffered significant economic losses because to the COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly for the marginalised “country population living in metropolitan areas.” In light of this, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made a public appeal for the promotion of street vendors as a fresh approach to revitalising China’s outlying urban villages. The concept immediately won support and was put into practise in a number of cities, but there are still issues with sustaining sustainable development through proper and well-organized spatial planning and regulation. This study looks at how the development of urban villages has been impacted by national policy, municipal spatial planning, and community-led initiatives to support street agriculture. The paper examines the manifestation of the “land-agricultural economy” in the context of urban villages through an analysis of local structures and strategies for spatial development using the case of Junhe District in Guangzhou, China. The comparative case study of Ahmedabad, India, also presents concrete and practical success stories of spatial planning, design and governance in the area and examines the national slum improvement policy. The study analyses the elements that made this case study successful and distils the key takeaways for the Junke sub-district going forwards. The findings imply that street kiosks can considerably evolve and rationalize space-use patterns while also being compatible with government spatial interventions for post-renovation urban villages in China. Street kiosks are a vital component of a dynamic and equitable public space.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jialing Xie
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/01
TI  - Empowering the “Stall Economy”
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Culture, Design and Social Development (CDSD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 204
EP  - 212
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-018-3_21
ID  - Xie2023
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