Evaluation of the impact of urban redevelopment projects including high-rise residential buildings on the formation of compact cities

Abstract

Urban redevelopment projects are generally considered to contribute to the formation of compact cities, and from the late 1990s to the mid-2010s, redevelopment projects in local cities were predominantly for residential, public and other uses in order to make the projects profitable, without sufficient evaluation and consideration of the urban benefits of such redevelopment The current situation is that urban plans are being approved without sufficient evaluation and consideration of the effects of the redevelopment on the city. This study focuses on the contribution to the formation of compact cities and aims to clarify the extent to which urban redevelopment projects with high-rise residential buildings in local core cities actually contribute to the formation of compact cities. Based on a total of ten evaluation indicators, an assessment of each urban redevelopment project reveals that the impact of urban redevelopment projects on the formation of compact cities is partial.