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Author Archives: Feng He

Research Seminar ：Smart City Multi-Scenario Environmental Perception and Intelligent Decision-Making——Data-Driven Key Technologies and Applications for Environmental Enhancement

November 19, 2025

Hosted by the Program on Chinese Cities （PCC） 11/20/2025 6:00 PM-8:00 PM EST Presenter: Jingjing Zhang Associate Professor, Institute of Urban Safety and Environmental Science, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology (BJAST) Visiting scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill … Read more

Research Seminar ：Spatiotemporal Patterns and Driving Forces of the Synergistic Evolution of the Science-Technology-Industry Complex System — A Nonlinear Analysis Based on Explainable Machine Learning

November 4, 2025

Hosted by the Program on Chinese Cities （PCC） 11/6/2025 6:00 PM-8:00 PM EST Presenter: Lijie Xu Ph.D, majoring in Management Science and Engineering, China Three Gorges University Visiting scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Supervisor: Prof. Yan Song Abstract: … Read more

PCC Distinguished Visiting Scholar Interview Series – Yu Wang

October 8, 2025

As the Director of Planning and Urban Design at Beijing Yirui Alliance Design Consulting Co., Ltd., Yu Wang has long been engaged in China’s urban renewal and planning design projects—from industrial new towns in Hainan to the renewal of Beijing’s old city and headquarters bases in Shenzhen. She has personally witnessed the high speed and complexity of China’s urbanization process.
In 2023, with the support of Professor Yan Song, she joined the Program on Chinese Cities (PCC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, embarking on a five-year visiting research journey. Her goal is to reexamine the differences and commonalities between urban renewal in China and abroad through systematic learning and comparative studies.

Thoughts on Overseas Travels：How Is Incremental Urban Regeneration Led by Creative Culture Forged?—The “Design + Policy Incentives” Duet in Denver’s Golden Triangle

October 1, 2025

Yu Wang points out that Denver’s Golden Triangle Creative District (GTCD) has become a flagship example of non-demolition-oriented downtown revitalization in the United States through an incremental approach led by culture and reinforced by policy incentives. Formerly a zone where administrative offices mingled with underperforming facilities, the district’s renewal did not rely on large-scale teardown and rebuild; instead, it adopted infill development and micro-scale spatial interventions, pairing an “axis-guided + node-reinforced” street strategy with the embedding of public art to gradually shape a compact, walkable, and culturally vibrant high-quality community. Infrastructure upgrades emphasize green, low-carbon principles and greater resilience—such as permeable paving, rain gardens, and “road diets”—while multimodal connections improve equitable accessibility. Institutionally, the city employs a toolkit that combines Tax Increment Financing (TIF), floor-area-ratio (FAR) bonuses, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), which both bridges early funding gaps and balances public value with market returns. Data indicate that the Golden Triangle’s renewal has markedly boosted neighborhood vitality and investment appeal; the clustering effects of cultural facilities have strengthened a sense of place while achieving a dynamic balance between historic preservation and housing supply. Looking ahead, the district still faces challenges in sustaining funding and deepening community participation, but its experience suggests that the resonance between design guidance and institutional incentives can offer downtowns in both China and the United States a viable path that reconciles cultural expression, mixed functions, and social equity.