All Rights ReservedXu, Zhumin2025-02-112025-02-112016978-85-7785-551-1https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/2646Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the southHousing requisition is defined as the power to take the use rights of residents’ housing for public use by the state. Between 1995 and 2010, one million residential units were relocated from the inner city of Shanghai to the outskirts of the city or to suburban counties. In post-reform China, residents have historically been excluded from decision-making in urban redevelopment projects. However, the 2011 Regulation requires Shanghai residents to vote on housing requisition for inner-city renewal. This opens up a new paradigm for urban redevelopment and housing requisition schemes in China. Entering into the debate from Fainstein’s Just City (2010), this paper seeks to understand how citizen participation shapes the decision making process around housing requisition for urban renewal and determine if a participatory approach significantly responds to the needs and interests of the disadvantaged. Among planning theorists there is a debate between those who emphasize communication, negotiation and democratic decision making, and just city theorists who argue that planning should meet the interests of the disadvantaged groups. This dissertation examines the complexities of citizen participation in urban renewal property-takings in Shanghai. It is especially important in the context of developing countries, where rising inequality, mobility, and low levels of citizen involvement make local solutions more important. In my dissertation, I will enter into the conversation regarding the impact of changes of regulations on citizen participation, and factors affecting citizen participation in urban renewal. Faintein (2010: 36) refers to “equity” as a distribution of both material and nonmaterial benefits derived from public policy that does not favor those who are already better off at the beginning.EnglishopenAccessconferenceObject243-245