Author(s)

Yijie Ju ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK

Corresponding Author

Yijie Ju

ABSTRACT

This paper takes 'Beijing Tiantongyuan', a super-large community, as the research object, focusing on two government-led policies for the renovation of human settlements under the supply-side structural reform. It examines the effectiveness of the optimization of the community's spatial layout through spatial mapping analysis and interview methods, with emphasis on evaluating the effects of such dimensions as spatial structure adjustment, supply of public service facilities, and optimization of the transportation system, as well as the residents' perception of environmental improve and demand matching degree. The results show that the reform has made certain progress in reducing the mismatch of spatial resources and improving the accessibility. However, deeper issues such as the separation of workplaces and residences, and weak linkage remain to be addressed. At the same time, challenges persist due to fundamental contradictions in community development and complex interrelated constraint mechanisms.

KEYWORDS

Supply-Side Structural Reform, Urban Planning, Spatial Assessment

CITE THIS PAPER

Yijie Ju, Spatial Assessment of Supply-Side Structural Reform in Super-Large Communities—A Case Study of Tiantongyuan, Beijing. Journal of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning (2025) Vol. 7: 112-121. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jceup.2025.070216.

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