The dynamics between urban planning and public policy: lessons and experiences from the city of Beijing, China

Urban planning in China, as well as in many other countries, is viewed as a distinctive governmental function, making strategic and land-use plans for urban development. In recent decades, the urbanization process has intensified, especially in densely populated countries in Asia. Urban centers have...

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Published in:International review of administrative sciences 2022-09, Vol.88 (3), p.721-738
Main Authors: Li, Dongquan, Lan, G. Zhiyong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beauty
Capital formation
Development policy
Governance
Imagination
Infrastructure
Planners
Policy analysis
Pollution
Public policy
Site planning
Traffic congestion
Urban areas
Urban development
Urban planning
Urbanization
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Summary:Urban planning in China, as well as in many other countries, is viewed as a distinctive governmental function, making strategic and land-use plans for urban development. In recent decades, the urbanization process has intensified, especially in densely populated countries in Asia. Urban centers have often grown faster than the planners’ wildest imagination, creating an enormous amount of urban problems, such as congestion, traffic jams, infrastructure shortfalls, service inconveniences, and pollution. By reviewing the dynamics between urban planning models and urban development policy issues and priorities in Beijing, China’s mega-capital city, this article demonstrates the importance of viewing urban planning as an essential component of public policy and the importance of striving for the better integration of planning and urban governance. The planning profession itself also needs to be innovated to enable domestic and international learning, to embrace planners with varying disciplinary backgrounds, and to use new and open planning methods. Only by so doing can planning truly lead to an urban formation of enduring utility, aesthetic beauty, and spatial justice that can offer a constantly refreshing urban experience.
ISSN:0020-8523
1461-7226
DOI:10.1177/0020852320945382