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Preserving Authenticity in Urban Regeneration: A Framework for the New Definition from the Perspective of Multi-Subject Stakeholders—A Case Study of Nantou in Shenzhen, China

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  • Shuyang Li

    (School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
    Benyuan Design and Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China)

  • Fei Qu

    (School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
    Benyuan Design and Research Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
    Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Architecture for Health & Well-Being (in Preparation), Shenzhen 518060, China)

Abstract

Urban villages are a modern heritage in China that provide affordable housing for urban immigrants and accommodate diverse communities of cohabitation. The regeneration and displacement of urban villages in the past decade have raised the potential risk of social exclusion and led to debates regarding the preservation of cultural and social authenticity. This paper establishes a new conceptual framework for the definition of authenticity from multi-subject perspectives. Taking Nantou as a massive regeneration case, semi-structured interviews have been conducted with multiple stakeholders, involving planning officials, developers, designers, researchers, merchandisers, curation NGOs, local residents, and tourists. Key factors and concepts related to the multi-subject evaluation of the planning decision and its effect on urban regeneration have been identified, using a grounded theory approach for interview analysis. A further coding of the data reveals four cognitive dimensions in the subjects’ expression of authenticity. The shift in the definition of urban authenticity implies that stakeholders might use different notions of authenticity in negotiations to resist or embrace urban interventions. The multivariant definition framework of authenticity can be adapted to guide future regeneration strategies, and would motivate the proliferation of urban preservation to take social and negotiable character into its definition.

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  • Shuyang Li & Fei Qu, 2022. "Preserving Authenticity in Urban Regeneration: A Framework for the New Definition from the Perspective of Multi-Subject Stakeholders—A Case Study of Nantou in Shenzhen, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-16, July.
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