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Theme Documents China City Planning Review Vol. 20, No. 3, 2011 Study on Renewal Planning of Declining Historic Quarters: Inspired from the Discussion on Con- servation of the Old City in South Nanjing LIU Qinghao, LI Jianbo Abstract Through collecting, reflecting and summarizing various opinions on the conservation of the old city in South Nanjing, this paper ex- amines the problems that the declining historic quarters are facing amid the urban renewal process. Moreover, in combination with the existing planning practices in the old city in South Nanjing, this paper carries out a discussion on the renewal of the declining historic quarters from the perspective of values, exploration and assessment of historic resources, choice of renewal methods, and support of implementation system. Keywords Old City in South Nanjing; declining historic quarter; contemporary renewal 1. Introduction historic cities have encountered is now where most of the housing is dilapidated. also a problem that cannot be neglected Among the 1,348 public housing in the In August 2006, five plots in South Nan- for Nanjing. five plots for renovation in 2006 that been jing, including the old street at the South mentioned above, 69.1% of them have Gate and Yanliaofang, were planned 2. Discussion on major problems in been severely damaged and as much as to be renovated, which led to a heated protection of old city in South Nanjing 90% of housing do not have separated discussion among experts and scholars, kitchen, toilet, and sanitary appliance.① government and citizens, as well as me- 2.1 Condition of the old city in South The pow