Yanliu Lin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3780282 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yanliu Lin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yanliu |
| FAMILY NAME | Lin |
| SIGNATURE | LIN Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7015-1443 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 46 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 353 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 46 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Navigating rising tides: Governance for housing development in flood-prone areas in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is grappling with a dual crisis of housing shortages and rising water levels, necessitating innovative governance strategies for sustainable urban development. This research investigates how public and private actors navigate these intertwined challenges, with particular attention to the motivations driving residential development in water-sensitive areas. It examines the extent to which robust governance strategies are embedded i…
Social media influence on collaborative planning: Framing strategies in online public participation
Collaborative planning requires aligning diverse stakeholder frames. Yet, few studies in collaborative planning literature examine framing strategies’ influence, especially how citizens in authoritarian contexts achieve frame success. Using Big Banyan Tree controversy in China, this study integrates framing and network theories through a mixed-method approach combining co-occurrence network analysis and BERT-based semantic clustering. Analysis of…
To participate online or onsite? Public preferences for participating in neighborhood regeneration planning in China
Digital technologies offer new opportunities for citizen participation. Although scholarly interest in citizen participation in the digital era has been growing, citizens’ preferences for online versus onsite planning participation remain unclear. Drawing on survey data, this study examines public participation preferences and the factors influencing them across three phases of the planning process in China. Findings show a general preference for…
Waiting in uneven geographies of asylum reception and the social mobility of refugees
Many studies have attributed differences in social mobility outcomes among refugees to explanations on the individual level. However, research is increasingly emphasizing that focusing on individual level characteristics may divert attention from the social, political, and economic conditions in which social mobility takes place. One contextual factor faced by refugees across Europe is obligatory asylum reception. This study investigates the rela…
If it remains out of sight’: Governance networks and discursive power disparities in migrant workers’ housing
Examining collaborative planning processes and outcomes in urban regeneration: A deliberative turn in China
Collaborative planning practices have recently emerged in China to deal with the complexity and conflicts of interest in urban regeneration. Building on the concept of authoritarian deliberation, this study develops a conceptual framework to examine the reasons for initiating collaborative planning, and its processes and outcomes. Through the case study of Guangzhou’s Enning Road micro-regeneration project, this research deepens understanding of …
Arrival infrastructures and refugee enrolment in higher education
Refugees enrolling in host country higher education can improve their position in the labour market. However, little is known about the patterns underlying enrolment, and existing studies have only examined explanations at the individual level. This is problematic because opportunities to enrol in education are also dependent upon structural factors, and by ignoring this, studies run the risk of depicting non‐enrolment as a consequence of individ…
Digital planning for sustainable urban future
The communicative turn in planning? Examining community planner's role as a third actor in Beijing, China
Using Social Media Data to Understand Citizen Perceptions of Urban Planning in a City Simulation Game
Background City simulation games provide players a gaming experience by simulating different aspects of the real city. While there is an increasing scholarly interest in games for social learning and education, little research has been conducted to understand citizen perceptions and understanding of urban planning issues in city simulation games. Aim This study aims to understand the affective perception and cognitive learning of citizens regardi…
Informal participation in digital planning: How can third parties use social media to shift power relations in planning
In recent years, social media has become an influential tool for engaging various participants and facilitating inclusivity in digital planning. While many studies highlight local governments' use of social media for formal participation, limited research assesses its impact on power dynamics in informal participation. This study aims to fill the gap by identifying key features of social media that facilitate informal participation and applying C…
Regional governance for greenways in China: A control rights perspective
The effectiveness of regional governance hinges upon its governance structure. However, this consideration is often absent from studies of the establishment and maintenance of regional greenways, a globally popular regional project for sustainability. Specifically, little research has been done to understand the influence of centralized governance structures on greenway development at the regional level. In this study, we examine three greenway s…
Hidden conflicts? Revealing power mechanisms in collaborative governance for redeveloping heritage districts: The case of Dashilar, Beijing, China
Measuring social network influence on power relations in collaborative planning: A case study of Beijing City, China
Social media has recently become a networked public sphere for social interactions and power struggles in planning practice. However, little research has been done to understand the impact of social media on power relations in collaborative planning. This study uses the Bell and Drum Tower planning practice in Beijing as a case study to elaborate on whether and how social media empowers citizens, experts, and third parties to influence decision-m…
Heritage conflict evolution: Changing framing strategies and opportunity structures in two heritage district redevelopment projects in China
Heritage district (re)development usually involves conflict, especially when the local community challenges existing preservation policy arrangements, and conflicts involve the framing of competing positions in the public sphere. While framing strategy aids in understanding conflict dynamics, further theoretical exploration is necessary. This paper emphasizes the role of contextual influence and how opportunity structures can enhance framing anal…
Quantifying the role of arrival infrastructures in the labor market integration of refugees
Across Europe, refugees face significant difficulties in finding employment. Many studies have attributed the disadvantaged labor market position of refugees to factors on the individual level, such as language barriers or health issues related to the experience of fleeing. While such explanations emphasize individual responsibility, ethnographic studies are increasingly contending that opportunities to integrate into the labor market can be rest…
Hacking Corporate Smart Cities Under Covid-19: Towards a Smart Governance Approach
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed huge challenges on smart cities, requiring a reimagining and transformation of their governance structures. This viewpoint argues that a smart governance approach should be applied to remodel the uniform, often technocratic and corporate-led way of coping with COVID-19 in the smart city context. There is a need to develop more technology-enabled collaborative actions across sectors and among various actors to rec…
Governance Networks and Accountability Patterns in the Provision of Housing for Migrants: The Case of Central and Eastern European Workers in the Netherlands
Sub-standard living conditions among migrant workers have become a structural feature all over Europe. Although this has attracted the attention of many scholars, there is a lack of studies on the complex relations between various stakeholders in governing housing. This study fills this gap by analysing this housing issue from a governance network perspective. Through an analysis of policy documents and interviews with twenty-one stakeholders, we…
Assessing collaborative planning and the added value of planning support apps in The Netherlands
Although a growing body of literature has examined a variety of planning support systems, few studies have been conducted to understand emerging planning support apps for mobile participation and its impact on collaborative planning. This research develops a conceptual framework for assessing different phases of collaborative planning processes and the added value of planning support apps in stakeholder interaction and management. The case studie…
The effects of jobs, amenities, and locations on housing submarkets in Xiamen City, China
Numerous studies have found that jobs, amenities, and location influence housing prices in urban areas. However, there is still a lack of in-depth understanding of the impacts of these factors on various housing submarkets within a city. With the case study of Xiamen, this paper investigates the impacts of jobs, amenities, and location on four housing submarkets, classified by owner-occupied and rental housing, in inner and outer districts. The h…
Rethinking collaborative planning in China: Does the communicative or agonistic planning theory matter
There has been considerable debate about Habermasian-inspired communicative planning theory and Mouffe’s-inspired agonistic planning theory. This study investigates the possibility of the communicative and agonistic approaches for collaborative planning in the Chinese context. It examines three common theoretical dimensions, regarding the political concept, the public sphere and the power relation. The recent political development in China is rel…
Interaction effects of socioeconomic factors on long-distance commuting after disentangling residential self-selection: An empirical study in Xiamen, China
Buying a house without a formal title: A property rights perspective for understanding informal housing ownership in Shenzhen, China
Informal housing accommodates a large number of populations in the worldwide and has received considerable attention. However, there is still a lack of understanding on the diversified informal settlers and their housing incentives, constraints, and risks they face. Based on existing research on property rights and informal settlements, this study presents a conceptual framework that includes four dimensions of property rights (the right of posse…
Social media for collaborative planning: A typology of support functions and challenges
In recent years, the widespread use of social media has increasingly impacted planning practice and policy making. Although a growing body of literature examines the impact of social media on urban governance and planning, there is a lack of theoretical understanding on the extent to which social media can support collaborative planning. This study identifies a typology of support functions of social media: information sharing refers to one-way i…
Examining pathways linking rural labour outflows to the abandonment of arable land in China
Against the backdrop of increasing rural labour outflow in China, the marginalisation of agriculture and arable land abandonment has become prevalent. Previous studies have examined the linkages between rural labour outflow and arable land at the national scale but have largely ignored regional differences. Moreover, mechanisms linking rural labour outflow to abandonment have not been analysed systematically. This study uses 2016 China Labour‐for…
Industrial land development in urban villages in China: A property rights perspective
Understanding the ‘Village in the City’ in Guangzhou: Economic Integration and Development Issue and their Implications for the Urban Migrant
As with many cities in China experiencing rapid urbanisation, Guangzhou is undergoing a specific form of urban development characterised by the engulfing of rural settlements: a process resulting in the so-called village in the city. This paper uses three modes of economic integration (redistribution, market exchange and reciprocity) as a framework to examine the interrelationship of various development issues and conditions of these villages. It…
A conceptual framework for the strategic urban project approach for the sustainable redevelopment of “villages in the city” in Guangzhou
A conceptual framework on modes of governance for the regeneration of Chinese ‘villages in the city’
China’s rapid urbanisation has created a special form of urban built environment known as ‘village in the city’ (ViC). Various governance approaches have been applied to redevelop ViCs, which are prevalent in big cities. However, owing to the specific conditions of ViCs and the diverse contexts of urban development within and across cities, those approaches remain largely case-specific and are hampered by a lack of guiding principles. This articl…
Linking social housing provision for rural migrants with the redevelopment of ‘villages in the city’: A case study of Beijing
Industrial land price between China’s Pearl River Delta and Southeast Asian regions: Competition or Coopetition
Institutional determinants of brownfield formation in Chinese cities and urban villages
The chain effects of property-led redevelopment in Shenzhen: Price-shadowing and indirect displacement
Collaborative planning in the new media age: The Dafo Temple controversy, China
Heterogeneity of public participation in urban redevelopment in Chinese cities: Beijing versus Guangzhou
Chinese cities, especially large cities, are in urgent need of urban redevelopment but social conflicts in redevelopment processes have threatened social stability. Public participation has been stipulated in national policies to alleviate these conflicts and the responsibility to implement these policies has been delegated to local governments. Therefore, the features of public participation may differ between Chinese cities. Yet, a systematic i…
Making the 'Invisible' Visible: Redevelopment-induced Displacement of Migrants in Shenzhen, China
Gentrification in China is intertwined with urban redevelopment, which causes the large-scale displacement of rural-urban migrants from 'villages in the city' (ViCs). Because of the informality of ViCs, migrant renters have very insecure tenancy and during redevelopment they are treated as a negligible ('invisible') social group. As they are very difficult to locate after displacement, they are also literally invisible to researchers. To make the…
The interplay of state, market and society in the socio-spatial transformation of “villages in the city” in Guangzhou
This paper examines the changes in the ways in which villagers have gained access to resources and services over time in what are now “villages in the city” within the city of Guangzhou. It compares and contrasts three periods: the clan-based traditional villages, the commune period and the period since the 1980s (which includes great economic success in many villages). It also discusses how migrants fit within this, as they have come to form a v…
E-urbanism: E-commerce, migration, and the transformation of Taobao villages in urban China
From village to metropolis: A case of morphological transformation in Guangzhou, China
A historical analysis is undertaken of the morphological transformation and present form of a ‘village in the city’ in Guangzhou. The traditional layout was produced mostly by the clan authorities and provided a basic framework for subsequent development. During the process of rapid urbanization formal and informal alliances between new key stakeholders were established, greatly influencing the spatial restructuring of the village. A critical eva…
Roles and Motivations of Planning Professionals Who Promote Public Participation in Urban Planning Practice: Two Case Studies from Beijing, China
Public participation in urban planning is a contested issue in China. In this article, we look at the endogenous mechanism of institutional change, by analyzing the roles and motivations of “third-party” planning professionals in two contrasting cases: a government-led and a citizen-led participatory practice. Findings show that planners were advocates of citizen participation in heritage preservation in both cases and acted as “mediators” in the…
Strategies of the built-heritage stewardship movement in urban redevelopment in the Internet Age: The case of the Bell-Drum Towers controversy in Beijing, China
Social media for collaborative planning: A typology of support functions and challenges
In recent years, the widespread use of social media has increasingly impacted planning practice and policy making. Although a growing body of literature examines the impact of social media on urban governance and planning, there is a lack of theoretical understanding on the extent to which social media can support collaborative planning. This study identifies a typology of support functions of social media: information sharing refers to one-way i…
Upward or downward comparison? Migrants’ socioeconomic status and subjective wellbeing in Chinese cities
Understanding the mechanism by which internal migrants evaluate their quality of life is essential for understanding the social integration of migrants into Chinese cities. A few studies have examined the linkages between internal migrants’ objective socioeconomic status and subjective wellbeing in the Chinese context, but they assume that migrants compare themselves with either their sending communities or receiving cities when evaluating their …
Governance Networks and Accountability Patterns in the Provision of Housing for Migrants: The Case of Central and Eastern European Workers in the Netherlands
Sub-standard living conditions among migrant workers have become a structural feature all over Europe. Although this has attracted the attention of many scholars, there is a lack of studies on the complex relations between various stakeholders in governing housing. This study fills this gap by analysing this housing issue from a governance network perspective. Through an analysis of policy documents and interviews with twenty-one stakeholders, we…
An institutional and governance approach to understand large-scale social housing construction in China
Heritage conflict evolution: Changing framing strategies and opportunity structures in two heritage district redevelopment projects in China
Heritage district (re)development usually involves conflict, especially when the local community challenges existing preservation policy arrangements, and conflicts involve the framing of competing positions in the public sphere. While framing strategy aids in understanding conflict dynamics, further theoretical exploration is necessary. This paper emphasizes the role of contextual influence and how opportunity structures can enhance framing anal…
The effects of jobs, amenities, and locations on housing submarkets in Xiamen City, China
Numerous studies have found that jobs, amenities, and location influence housing prices in urban areas. However, there is still a lack of in-depth understanding of the impacts of these factors on various housing submarkets within a city. With the case study of Xiamen, this paper investigates the impacts of jobs, amenities, and location on four housing submarkets, classified by owner-occupied and rental housing, in inner and outer districts. The h…
Rethinking collaborative planning in China: Does the communicative or agonistic planning theory matter
There has been considerable debate about Habermasian-inspired communicative planning theory and Mouffe’s-inspired agonistic planning theory. This study investigates the possibility of the communicative and agonistic approaches for collaborative planning in the Chinese context. It examines three common theoretical dimensions, regarding the political concept, the public sphere and the power relation. The recent political development in China is rel…
Urban design for post-earthquake reconstruction: A case study of Wenchuan County, China
Examining collaborative planning processes and outcomes in urban regeneration: A deliberative turn in China
Collaborative planning practices have recently emerged in China to deal with the complexity and conflicts of interest in urban regeneration. Building on the concept of authoritarian deliberation, this study develops a conceptual framework to examine the reasons for initiating collaborative planning, and its processes and outcomes. Through the case study of Guangzhou’s Enning Road micro-regeneration project, this research deepens understanding of …
From village to metropolis: A case of morphological transformation in Guangzhou, China
A historical analysis is undertaken of the morphological transformation and present form of a ‘village in the city’ in Guangzhou. The traditional layout was produced mostly by the clan authorities and provided a basic framework for subsequent development. During the process of rapid urbanization formal and informal alliances between new key stakeholders were established, greatly influencing the spatial restructuring of the village. A critical eva…
Understanding the ‘Village in the City’ in Guangzhou: Economic Integration and Development Issue and their Implications for the Urban Migrant
As with many cities in China experiencing rapid urbanisation, Guangzhou is undergoing a specific form of urban development characterised by the engulfing of rural settlements: a process resulting in the so-called village in the city. This paper uses three modes of economic integration (redistribution, market exchange and reciprocity) as a framework to examine the interrelationship of various development issues and conditions of these villages. It…
The interplay of state, market and society in the socio-spatial transformation of “villages in the city” in Guangzhou
This paper examines the changes in the ways in which villagers have gained access to resources and services over time in what are now “villages in the city” within the city of Guangzhou. It compares and contrasts three periods: the clan-based traditional villages, the commune period and the period since the 1980s (which includes great economic success in many villages). It also discusses how migrants fit within this, as they have come to form a v…
A conceptual framework for the strategic urban project approach for the sustainable redevelopment of “villages in the city” in Guangzhou
Linking social housing provision for rural migrants with the redevelopment of ‘villages in the city’: A case study of Beijing
Urban design for post-earthquake reconstruction: A case study of Wenchuan County, China
Industrial land development in urban villages in China: A property rights perspective
Institutional determinants of brownfield formation in Chinese cities and urban villages
Collaborative planning in the new media age: The Dafo Temple controversy, China
A conceptual framework on modes of governance for the regeneration of Chinese ‘villages in the city’
China’s rapid urbanisation has created a special form of urban built environment known as ‘village in the city’ (ViC). Various governance approaches have been applied to redevelop ViCs, which are prevalent in big cities. However, owing to the specific conditions of ViCs and the diverse contexts of urban development within and across cities, those approaches remain largely case-specific and are hampered by a lack of guiding principles. This articl…
Industrial land price between China’s Pearl River Delta and Southeast Asian regions: Competition or Coopetition
The chain effects of property-led redevelopment in Shenzhen: Price-shadowing and indirect displacement
Demonstration of public participation and communication through social media in the network society within Shanghai
The rapid development of information and communication technology has led to the Internet and social media becoming a vital platform for public participation in China. The present research sought to understand the complexity of participation in the network society by taking the cancellation of the number 55 bus route in Shanghai as a case study. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used to analyze data from a leading social net…
An institutional and governance approach to understand large-scale social housing construction in China
Making the 'Invisible' Visible: Redevelopment-induced Displacement of Migrants in Shenzhen, China
Gentrification in China is intertwined with urban redevelopment, which causes the large-scale displacement of rural-urban migrants from 'villages in the city' (ViCs). Because of the informality of ViCs, migrant renters have very insecure tenancy and during redevelopment they are treated as a negligible ('invisible') social group. As they are very difficult to locate after displacement, they are also literally invisible to researchers. To make the…
Heterogeneity in displacement exposure of migrants in Shenzhen, China
Large-scale residential displacement is occurring in many Chinese cities, with migrants living in ‘Villages in the City’ (ViCs) as the main groups affected. This study uniquely captures a situation in Baishizhou village in Shenzhen, where people live under a threat of imminent displacement. We elucidate the (social) heterogeneity of the affected population, their perceptions before and residential choices after displacement. Identifying four migr…
E-urbanism: E-commerce, migration, and the transformation of Taobao villages in urban China
Strategies of the built-heritage stewardship movement in urban redevelopment in the Internet Age: The case of the Bell-Drum Towers controversy in Beijing, China
Heterogeneity of public participation in urban redevelopment in Chinese cities: Beijing versus Guangzhou
Chinese cities, especially large cities, are in urgent need of urban redevelopment but social conflicts in redevelopment processes have threatened social stability. Public participation has been stipulated in national policies to alleviate these conflicts and the responsibility to implement these policies has been delegated to local governments. Therefore, the features of public participation may differ between Chinese cities. Yet, a systematic i…
Roles and Motivations of Planning Professionals Who Promote Public Participation in Urban Planning Practice: Two Case Studies from Beijing, China
Public participation in urban planning is a contested issue in China. In this article, we look at the endogenous mechanism of institutional change, by analyzing the roles and motivations of “third-party” planning professionals in two contrasting cases: a government-led and a citizen-led participatory practice. Findings show that planners were advocates of citizen participation in heritage preservation in both cases and acted as “mediators” in the…
Examining pathways linking rural labour outflows to the abandonment of arable land in China
Against the backdrop of increasing rural labour outflow in China, the marginalisation of agriculture and arable land abandonment has become prevalent. Previous studies have examined the linkages between rural labour outflow and arable land at the national scale but have largely ignored regional differences. Moreover, mechanisms linking rural labour outflow to abandonment have not been analysed systematically. This study uses 2016 China Labour‐for…
Upward or downward comparison? Migrants’ socioeconomic status and subjective wellbeing in Chinese cities
Understanding the mechanism by which internal migrants evaluate their quality of life is essential for understanding the social integration of migrants into Chinese cities. A few studies have examined the linkages between internal migrants’ objective socioeconomic status and subjective wellbeing in the Chinese context, but they assume that migrants compare themselves with either their sending communities or receiving cities when evaluating their …
Assessing collaborative planning and the added value of planning support apps in The Netherlands
Although a growing body of literature has examined a variety of planning support systems, few studies have been conducted to understand emerging planning support apps for mobile participation and its impact on collaborative planning. This research develops a conceptual framework for assessing different phases of collaborative planning processes and the added value of planning support apps in stakeholder interaction and management. The case studie…
The effects of jobs, amenities, and locations on housing submarkets in Xiamen City, China
Numerous studies have found that jobs, amenities, and location influence housing prices in urban areas. However, there is still a lack of in-depth understanding of the impacts of these factors on various housing submarkets within a city. With the case study of Xiamen, this paper investigates the impacts of jobs, amenities, and location on four housing submarkets, classified by owner-occupied and rental housing, in inner and outer districts. The h…
Rethinking collaborative planning in China: Does the communicative or agonistic planning theory matter
There has been considerable debate about Habermasian-inspired communicative planning theory and Mouffe’s-inspired agonistic planning theory. This study investigates the possibility of the communicative and agonistic approaches for collaborative planning in the Chinese context. It examines three common theoretical dimensions, regarding the political concept, the public sphere and the power relation. The recent political development in China is rel…
Political science (34 works) · China (30 works) · Geography (27 works) · Sociology (25 works) · Economics (24 works) · Business (23 works) · Economic growth (17 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (15 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (14 works) · Engineering (13 works)