Community Renewal under Multi-Stakeholder Co-Governance: A Case Study of Shanghai’s Inner City

Multi-stakeholder (e.g., governments, residents, the “3C” of community and “third party”) co-governance has become a hot topic in community-renewal research field. However, co-ordination various rights interests hinders multiple stakeholders, particularly China. Current on mechanisms remains inadequate. This article presents typical case multi-stakeholder for renewal with respect to adding elevators an apartment building Shanghai’s inner city. The process involved this differs from traditional model, which is mainly led by governments. Field investigations in-depth interviews were employed explore how stakeholders conduct dialogues negotiations elevator installation. We summarize key elements renewal, show internal mechanism, provide new practical methodological investigation co-governance. highlights significance good interest-co-ordination mechanism simplification process. It also suggested encourage participation promote co-operation between enterprises governance.