Urban Renewal And Green Space Development In Chengdu, China

The Urban Organic Renewal of Shaocheng District will strengthen the conservation and development of historic and cultural urban communities in a metropolitan city in China through comprehensive planning, design, and monitoring with creative urban renewal principles. Specifically, this project aims to:

1. Protect historical sites and cultural practices through the dissemination of information with the aim to produce sustainable and culturally rich communities.
2. Improve living conditions in the old district.
3. Spur cultural innovation and creative industry development.
4. Transform Shaocheng district into the cultural “label” of Chengdu, specifically Kuangzhai Alley, which is located in the middle of the district.
5. Build Shaocheng district into a good practice showcase for urban renewal, leading the way for replication in other cities and districts

The Green and Ecological Ring concept will be reviewed, and selected upgrades to the existing greenbelt will be undertaken to improve its ecological, touristic and recreational functions. Later, the lessons learned from this process will be disseminated, and shared with other cities as an innovative and exemplary project. Its main purpose is:

1. Improve air quality.
2. Help improve the urban heat island effect.
3. Provide new accessible and green public spaces for all citizens of all backgrounds.
4. Improve ecological biodiversity in the city through environmental protection.
5. Ensure the prevention of sprawl through an appropriate plan of the ecological belt
6. Save water resources and build a new water recycle system in the belt.

The project will be implemented to demonstrate the principles advocated by UN-Habitat for building more compact, better integrated and connected cities that foster socially, economically and culturally sustainable urban development and that are resilient to climate change impacts.