SWOTAnalysis

SWOT Analysis

Figure 55. SWOT Analysis of SMV

• Location (City Center) • Accessibility • Connecticity • Industrial Heritage • Cultural Heritage • Historic Landmarks • Historic Neighborhoods • Reputation

This area has been well known

worldwide. It has attracted

many tourists and scholars from from home and abroad. • Mixed-functional Land Use • Prosperous and Diverse Commerce • Unique Wellpreserved Pattern of River System • Social Isolation

Lane neighborhoods, modern apartment buildings and cultural and creative industrial

clusters are in fact '3 isolated

worlds' (Zhou & Kubota, 2018b). • Degraded Public Spaces • Urban Regeneration • Development of Cultural, Creative and Tourism Industries

This area is aimed to be a key cultural and creative industry cluster and a state grade scenic spot (Shanghai, 2012; Hongkou, 2011). • COVID-19

There is an overall slump of tourists because of the

pandemic. And some shops were closed according to the restrictions of the government. • Resident Relocation/ Demolition

There are phenomena of temporary appropriation in the streets everywhere. • Functional Replacement

Some historic houses have

been emptied, yet not been shaped to anything else. Their plans of reconstruction are still in suspense (Figure 56). Although lane life is the most direct and vivid reflection of

the local culture, there is a possibility that the historic houses might be reconstructed for other uses based on the

extant redevelopment modes. The old faces here might disappear. So is the culture.

• Lack of Meeting Points • Lack of Participation

People tended to be uninterested in public events. They had their own doubts about the influence.

Figure 56. Unknown Lanweili • Mismanagement • Failure of Redevelopment Exploration