Urban Regeneration and (over) tourism in China: Exploring Alternative Tracks in Suzhou’s Historic Centre

dc.contributor.authorNolf, Christian
dc.contributor.authorWang, Yiwen
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Mengchuan
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-30T15:02:35Z
dc.date.available2023-07-30T15:02:35Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe booming development of cultural tourism in China has a significant impact on historic cities. While offering favorable opportunities for urban regeneration, tourism also poses a direct threat to the quality of life and the authenticity of urban cultures. This paper takes the historic center of Suzhou as an illustrative case to explore how alternative, spatially decentralized and timedistributed forms of tourism can contribute to the long-term and sustainable regeneration of historic cities and benefit local communities. Through conducting a design investigation of Suzhou, this research explores in particular the role of urban planning and design in aligning tourism development and urban regeneration agendas. The exploration reveals that, as opposed to exclusive and reductive city branding practice, a diversification of the tourism offer can multiply the distinctive identities of Suzhou’s historic city and contribute to its regeneration. It also advocates the potential role of urban design as an instrument of exploration and mediation in heritage-led regeneration projects in China.
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.identifier.isbn978-88-99243-93-7
dc.identifier.pageNumber3362-3380
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/464
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAESOP
dc.sourcePlanning for Transition – book of proceedings 31; 2en
dc.subjectCultural Tourism
dc.subjectUrban Regeneration
dc.subjectUrban Design
dc.subjectChina
dc.titleUrban Regeneration and (over) tourism in China: Exploring Alternative Tracks in Suzhou’s Historic Centre
dc.typeArticle
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