A Research On Old Small Town Renewal Under The Guidance Of Market Economy

With the proceeding of urbanization, small towns in China are unexceptionably faced with the problem of Old Town Renewal. The status quo of small town construction, as well as the development of market-oriented economy, determines its "multi-stories, high-density" renewal pattern. Based on the discovery practice on Pingyang County, Wenzhou City, this article suggests a "multi-stories, high-density" pattern which conforms to the reality of our nation's small towns and the market economy background. This pattern tends to integrate organically the improvement of small town space with the acceleration of urban renewal with the utilization of market economy, hence to promote reconstruction, improve residents' living standard, and to develop urban economy as well. The significance of this research exists in: old district dwellers would improve living standard; market-oriented economy system would support this renewal action, thus leads to a realization of benign circle.This article includes six sections. Introduction summarizes the background of thesis selection, contents and ways of research, and the framework. Chapter one analyzes and epitomes the practice and evolution of Pingyang urban renewal, generalizes the experience that merit for reference. Chapter two demonstrates from the social economy perspective that Pingyang County can only adopt the "multi-stories, high-density" pattern. Chapter three, however, from social space perspective, reviews and analyzes the effectiveness of this pattern. Chapter four stresses on the urbanization and the prospect of social economical development of Pingyang small town, brings forward that "multi-stories, high density" pattern is an inevitable solution. Chapter five is a prospect for new trends of the pattern, and put forward on its basis a reformative pattern of "multi-stories, high density".