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Community development in villages-in-the-city

Community development in villages-in-the-city. The concept of community. Development and social change Different propositions of community A modern form of community: different types of social relations Community building A bottom-up process Participation, empowerment Self-governance.

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Community development in villages-in-the-city

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  1. Community development in villages-in-the-city

  2. The concept of community • Development and social change • Different propositions of community • A modern form of community: different types of social relations • Community building • A bottom-up process • Participation, empowerment • Self-governance

  3. Urban space in China • The domination of ‘danwei’ space before 1990s • The emergence of new urban space since reform • Commercialization of land use right • Urban expansion • People movements

  4. The emergence of new urban space Commodity houses Migrant ghetto Villages in the city

  5. Community development in China Source: Ren (2006, p.298)

  6. Urban expansion and villages in the city farmland urban land use residential land

  7. Red village, a case study • Location: Tianhe district, Guangzhou • Population: around 8,000 • Size: around 4,000 mu in 1980s, now 300 mu of residential land • Red village villagers’ committee: 14 people • Red village Economic Development Company

  8. An urban organization A rural organization Administration Neighborhood committee Villager’s committee Share-holding company Administrative, social and economic functions Economic Neighborhood committee Management office (issue based) Social

  9. Concluding… • An integration of traditional top-down and bottom-up approaches • Key feature: business builds community • Resources: share-holding company • Development: local driven • Collective unit and self-sufficiency • The dead of villages or an extension of the rural community?

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