Urban Practices from Delicacy Management to Governance in Contemporary China

This book focuses on the practice and experience of urban delicacy governance in Xuhui District, Shanghai. As we know, urbanization is the inevitable course for agricultural civilization to move towards industrial civilization. Over the past forty years, the urbanization of China has developed rapidly and has become an important push for economic development and social progress. At the same time, the rapid expansion of city scale, the shortage of public services, environmental pollution, traffic congestion, housing tension, as well as other urban pain points have emerged, and these have brought about serious challenges to urban governance. Delicacy management is the concentrated expression of modern scientific management theory and the inherent requirement to realize the modernization of national governance systems and governance capability. From delicacy management to delicacy governance, urban governance needs the transformation of logic. Shanghai has been identified as the only super city in the Yangtze River Delta and East China. It is of great significance to understand the theory and practice of urban governance in Shanghai. Meanwhile, Xuhui District is one of the seven central urban areas in Shanghai with a profound historical background, important institutions, advanced science and education. This is the main focus of the book's content. According to the demand of "being the forerunner of leading the city management, becoming a bright business card reflecting the management level of Shanghai international metropolis", Xuhui District has tried to explore new practice of social governance that conforms to the characteristics and laws of the central urban area of the large cities, and has formed a series of delicacy governance practices with local characteristics. This book does show the new path and exploration of Xuhui District in delicacy governance in the form of cases. Inside this book, you can find 38 finely selected cases of urban governance. They are classified to be six subjects of Urban Renewal & Protection, Ecological & Environmental Protection, Service Optimization, Public Security, Community Co-governance and Residents' self-governance. Behind these cases, although the practice is progressively developed on the basis of Shanghai city and Xuhui District, it is also an important reference and inspiration for urban governance in other areas.