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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Environ. Sci.
Sec. Social-Ecological Urban Systems
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1537211
This article is part of the Research Topic Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage: Towards Implementation of Circular City Model View all articles
Industrial Heritage and Urban Renewal: A Quantitative Study and Optimization Strategies for Chengdu East Suburb Memory
Provisionally accepted- 1 Dongseo University, Busan, Republic of Korea
- 2 Kyungpook National University, Daegu, North Gyeongsang, Republic of Korea
- 3 Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
In recent years, the acceleration of urbanization and the transformation of industrial structures have made the regeneration of industrial heritage a key issue in urban renewal and sustainable development. However, existing research predominantly focuses on design and protection, lacking a systematic quantitative analysis of user satisfaction. This study employs Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) to quantitatively analyze user satisfaction and propose optimization strategies for industrial heritage regeneration. The study constructed a satisfaction evaluation system encompassing six dimensions: cultural identity, environmental sustainability, social impact, technology application, spatial layout, and economic value, and conducted empirical testing through questionnaire surveys and data analysis. The results indicate that social influence plays the most significant role in enhancing user satisfaction, underscoring the importance of community interaction and public participation. Economic value and environmental sustainability closely follow, suggesting that economic benefits and ecological improvements significantly impact public acceptance. Although cultural identity and spatial layout positively influence satisfaction, their effects are relatively weak, indicating a need for a deeper integration of culture and technology in future efforts. Based on importance-performance analysis (IPA), this study further proposes optimization strategies, such as enhancing the performance of key dimensions like intelligent management systems and transportation convenience. The research findings provide urban planners and policymakers with a scientific foundation to promote the coordinated development of social, economic, and cultural benefits in industrial heritage regeneration projects, thereby contributing to the achievement of sustainable development goals for the city.
Keywords: Industrial Heritage Regeneration, Urban Renewal, user satisfaction, structural equation modeling (SEM), importance-performance analysis (IPA)
Received: 30 Nov 2024; Accepted: 17 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Xia, Wang and Cheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Jun Xia, Dongseo University, Busan, Republic of Korea
Shaoqing Wang, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, North Gyeongsang, Republic of Korea
Ai Cheng, Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, 20133, Lombardy, Italy
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