The development of urban mega-projects in China: A case study of Nantong’s metro project
The development of urban mega-projects in China: A case study of Nantong’s metro project
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10.1177/2399808319894580
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2019-12
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Shutian Zhou;Guofang Zhai;Yuwen Lu;Yijun Shi
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作者：
Shutian Zhou;Guofang Zhai;Yuwen Lu;Yijun Shi
由于过去几十年来中国有大量交通基础设施项目被提出、规划和建设，本文旨在揭示中国城市大型项目快速发展的实质动力。本文以南通地铁项目为例，通过官方论证和关键知情人访谈材料，分析了该项目是如何论证、批准和实施的，以及在整个过程中的关键驱动力是什么。城市地铁系统被认为是实现城市发展目标的一种方法，是增长的工具，也是改善城市生活的一种方式。我们发现，城市间的竞争是一个潜在的驱动力，它启动了这样的城市大型项目，在一个主要由地方政府主导和公共投资的过程中，在项目评估中给予经济指标一定的权重。此外，国内经济业绩和不断变化的政策干预也对项目批准和长期项目开发产生重大影响。我们的研究结果呼应了一些关于大型项目开发和城市竞争的西方文献，同时揭示了与中国特定背景下的项目启动、提案审查和实施相关的其他特征和新出现的问题。
Since there has been a huge amount of transport infrastructure projects being proposed, planned and constructed over the past decades in China, this article aims to reveal the substantial dynamics of China’s rapid development of urban mega-projects. It analyzes Nantong’s metro project to use it as a case study – how it was being justified, approved and implemented, and what were the key driving forces within the whole process through official justifications and key informant interview materials. The urban metro system is supposedly an approach to achieve urban development objectives, a tool for growth and a way to a better urban life. We find inter-city competition as an underlying driving force that initiates such urban mega-projects with certain weight given to economic indicators in project appraisals within a largely local government-led and public-invested process. Furthermore, domestic economic performance and changing policy interventions also exert significant influence on project approval and long-term project development. Our findings echo some Western literature on mega-projects development and urban competition, while revealing other features and emerging issues relating to project initiation, proposal examination and implementation specific to the Chinese context.