A review of urban and rural planning research from the perspective of cultural governance:Theoretical origins,main theory fields and future prospects
Cultural governance is an important pathway for integrating spatial planning into the national governance system.Introducing the perspective of cultural governance into the field of urban and rural planning has significant practical implications for improving the spatial governance system,promoting sustainable urban and rural development,and achieving urban spiritual rejuvenation.Urban and rural planning research is rooted in social practice,while social processes highlight the tension and synergy of culture.Understanding contemporary urban and rural planning requires integrating the paradigm of cultural governance with spatial practice research.This study starts from the essence of cultural value,analyzes the connotation of cultural governance,and suggests that cultural governance,on the one hand,focuses on managing urban and rural cultural phenomena to enhance cultural value and its extensions and,on the other hand,uses cultural value as a guide to achieve diversified governance goals for urban and rural areas.Governance encompasses four key attributes:processuality,coordination,multi-sectorality,and sustained interaction,with culture playing an indispensable role throughout.Fully activating the governance functions of culture is essential for maximizing its foundational role.The study posits that the concept of cultural governance emphasizes both culture as an object of governance and a tool for governance.To clarify the research framework,this study employs bibliometric software CiteSpace to generate keyword clustering and burst detection visualizations,describing international and domestic research trends.Research on urban and rural planning from the perspective of cultural governance emerged widely in the 1990s and has shown an overall upward trend,with increasingly diversified research themes.Based on the functional aspects of cultural governance,this study constructs a general analytical framework of"regime-society-economy"for urban and rural planning research under the lens of cultural governance,analyzing research directions and domains.Firstly,the institutional function of culture has played a crucial role in China's urban growth process.Shifts in the understanding of"culture"and"cultural resources"reflect the transition from cultural policy research to cultural space creation studies.Research on cultural governance in the context of territorial space primarily explores strategies for the coordination of diverse governance actors and the interaction between cultural and ecological governance at the territorial level.Secondly,cultural governance also involves applying cultural elements as social capital in networked governance,emphasizing the role of culture in bridging community differences.Empowering grassroots governments in governance is key to public participation in urban and rural planning practices,while rural cultural governance and cultural space construction reflect the strategic value of rural revitalization and maintain rural community stability.Thirdly,cultural governance is crucial for activating economic value and improving the efficiency of existing spaces.Measures related to cultural governance are regarded as foundational for addressing social issues and economic growth imbalances.Culture-oriented urban renewal actions require a profound understanding of the urban cultural context and its evolutionary process,balancing social and economic benefits.The study concludes that with intensifying social issues and a shift toward human-centered stock governance,cultural governance measures have become a concrete approach to addressing urbanization challenges in China.Innovation in urban and rural planning,based on recognizing cultural value,effectively responds to spatial diversity and differentiation.Existing studies have thoroughly acknowledged the decisive role of culture in the urban and rural planning process oriented toward stock space governance,showing interdisciplinary and multi-issue integration trends.Planning practices under the context of stock space governance directly address the public's aspiration for a better life,and cultural capacity and awareness are prerequisites for advancing urban and rural planning into public policy.Existing researches on cultural governance perspectives in urban and rural planning exhibit both practical application and theoretical orientation.Given the discipline's nature and extensive practice,case-based practical research is a focal point in China's urban and rural spatial cultural governance,while theoretical studies face challenges from the influence of Western industrial culture,constrained by social contexts and unable to fully meet the demand for national cultural confidence.Compared to developed countries such as the United States and Canada,which have long integrated cultural planning and cultural spatial planning into urban development policies or urban-rural planning,cultural governance in China's planning system remains ambiguous.Moreover,while current research has conducted quantitative analyses of cultural value measurement,the impact of cultural elements on governance outcomes,and the role of cultural governance across urban sectors,practice largely relies on static data and shows limited sensitivity to the use of intelligent technological tools.Thus,this study proposes three research prospects:constructing theoretical methodologies for urban and rural planning research under the perspective of cultural governance,exploring methods for integrating cultural governance into territorial spatial planning systems,and leveraging intelligent technologies to facilitate cultural asset inventory and sustainable development.It aims to uncover the cultural potential embedded in spaces,transform it into cultural momentum,and ultimately coordinate planning,construction,and governance from a cultural perspective.
cultural governanceurban and rural planningterritorial spatial planningcultural valuescultural planning
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