Wang, Mengyuan
2025.
Fragmented spaces and spatial production: negotiating urban village public spaces in Ganjia, Xi’an.
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Abstract
Urban villages in China illustrate the complexities of spatial fragmentation, where formal urban planning intersects with informal grassroots adaptations. Engaging with Benjamin’s notion of fragments and Lefebvre’s theory of spatial production, the study extends urban fragmentation discourse beyond Western contexts to the Chinese context. Examining public space transformations in an urban village (Ganjia Village, Xi’an), it argues that fragmentation is not a transitional phase but an enduring urban condition. Rather than resolving spatial contradictions, redevelopment generates new layers of division and contestation, producing ‘fragments within fragments’. The findings challenge binary distinctions between urban–rural dual structure, arguing for a more nuanced understanding of fragmented spaces as dynamic arenas of power and negotiation. By recognizing spatial fragmentation as a persistent and adaptive process, this study calls for planning frameworks that embrace rather than attempt to eliminate informal spatial practices. Mae pentrefi mewn ardaloedd trefol yn Tsieina yn enghraifft o gymhlethdodau darnio gofodol, lle mae cynllunio trefol ffurfiol yn croestorri ag addasiadau anffurfiol a wnaed ar lawr gwlad. Gan ystyried cysyniad dernynnau Benjamin (fragments), a damcaniaeth cynhyrchu gofodol Lefebvre, mae'r astudiaeth yn mynd â’r drafodaeth ar ddarnio trefol y tu hwnt i gyd-destunau Gorllewinol ac yn ei chymhwyso i’r cyd-destun Tsieineaidd. Gan archwilio trawsnewidiadau gofod cyhoeddus mewn pentref trefol (Pentref Ganjia, Xi'an), mae'n dadlau nad cyfnod trosiannol yw darnio ond cyflwr trefol parhaol. Yn hytrach na datrys anghysondebau gofodol, mae ailddatblygu'n creu haenau newydd o ymrannu a dadleuon, sy’n creu ‘dernynnau o fewn dernynnau’. Mae'r canfyddiadau'n herio’r gwahaniaethau deuaidd rhwng y strwythur deuol rhwng gwlad a thref, gan ddadlau dros gael dealltwriaeth fwy cynnil o ofodau darniog fel lleoedd bywiog lle ceir grym a negodi. Drwy gydnabod bod darnio gofodol yn broses barhaus ac addasol, mae'r astudiaeth hon yn galw am sefydlu fframweithiau cynllunio sy'n cofleidio arferion gofodol anffurfiol yn hytrach na cheisio eu dileu.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL) |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) |
| Publisher: | Cardiff University Press |
| ISSN: | 2976-8578 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 9 December 2025 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 24 June 2025 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2025 12:56 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/183048 |
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