Take a taxi, ten kilometers outside the outer ring of Shanghai. Shanghai has been much quieter, with small trees and new walls and few people. From the urban forest in the urban area, it suddenly appeared here, and a modern and unfamiliar sense of fault came to my face. In fact, this sense of fault does not only appear in Nanxiang. Known as the "urban fault zone", Baoshan, Fengxian, Qingpu, Songjiang and other areas abound.
The new town is really facing the problem of population agglomeration. On the one hand, due to industrial transformation, many original industrial production was suspended due to the industrial transformation to the tertiary industry such as high-end manufacturing or service industry. For example, the Jiading district government suspended the approval of industrial land many years ago. A large number of low-skilled workers have been eliminated, and a large part of them are migrant workers. On the other hand, due to the construction of supporting facilities such as industrial upgrading, the government needs to dismantle some old houses, and foreigners who originally rented cheap old houses need to find new accommodation, and the rent of new accommodation is often beyond their affordability. These factors directly lead to a large loss of population in the new city.
How far is planning from reality?
When all districts are eager to make great efforts to build cities, the voice that Shanghai will introduce new urban planning has also spread.
20 13 On February 27th, the 10th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress passed the Regulations on the Planning and Construction of Underground Space in Shanghai, which came into effect on April 1 3 this year. This may be a precursor to the introduction of new urban planning in Shanghai.
In recent years, "international financial center" has always been the goal that Shanghai wants to build. All administrative regions are gearing up for grand industrial planning and spatial planning, building various landmark buildings and setting up various industries. Such as the construction of the South Bund in Xuhui District and the Qiantan in Pudong.
However, behind the large-scale construction in various places, how many achievements have been made? How far is the plan from the vision? Take the South Bund as an example. Zheng Da Lecheng, located in Longhua Middle Road, is a newly-built commercial center integrating business and entertainment with the planning of South Bund. When the reporter of International Finance News walked into this newly-built modern shopping center, "cold" was the first feeling. At night, the attendance rate of restaurants is mostly less than 40%.
As for towns and villages, according to a person familiar with the matter, Xuanqiao Town, Pudong, far away from the city center, is also planning a grand plan to turn Xuanqiao Town into the largest gold and jewelry trading center in the Far East in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and has made a detailed feasibility analysis report.
Not only in the suburbs, but also in the central city, the enthusiasm of Shanghai's new planning is also heating up. However, how far is planning from reality?
Take Lingang New Town as an example. In the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" document of Lingang New Town, the plan shows that by 2020, the population will reach 800,000. Although 10 years, Lingang New Town has been working hard on the road of industrial adjustment and population agglomeration, but the industry has begun to take shape, and the brand effect of "Made in Lingang" has begun to appear. However, due to the small resident population, Lingang New Town was once called "empty city" in some media reports. At the current speed, the development goal of Lingang New Town is almost an "impossible task".
Utilize old resources
There are indications that it is only a matter of time before Shanghai starts a new round of planning with the economic transformation and deepening reform. But the vision of the old plan has not yet been realized, and new plans will follow. Is this necessary?
"It is necessary for Shanghai to carry out a new round of urban planning. First of all, Shanghai's urban development is too fast, and many original plans can no longer meet the needs of development. However, Shanghai's new planning must be based on an in-depth evaluation of the old planning. " Sun stressed that the reason why Shanghai has developed so fast is that the past planning has played a positive role. But if the planning can't keep up with the development speed in the new period, it will limit the new development. He called this phenomenon "the dream of a gentle hometown". Experts said that in the future, the old land can be used and planned rationally by transforming the land.