A Social Capital Integrated Approach To Urban Conservation Of Historic Quarters: A Study Of Two Chinese Cities

Abstract

This book is a contribution of Dr. Han Jie’s PhD thesis in National University of Singapore. Urban conservation in historic quarters has now been frequently used as a tool of urban development to trigger the revivals of decayed urban historic areas under various contexts. Particularly in China during the last two decades, with selective protection of “significant” heritage buildings or sites together with rampant demolition of surrounding traditional quarters, many urban conservation practices have entailed so called “protective damages”, or even social conflicts during the transformation process of historic areas.