TY - CHAP
T1 - Urban Commons Reimagined
T2 - Revitalizing Wet Markets Through Digital Culture and Generational Exchange
AU - Baek, Min Joo
AU - Rian, Iasef Md
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2026.
PY - 2026/1
Y1 - 2026/1
N2 - Traditional wet markets in East Asia are experiencing accelerated decline, driven by the growth of e-commerce, top-down urban redevelopment, and widening intergenerational disconnection. Yet, these markets remain critical socio-cultural infrastructures, supporting local economies, ecological resilience, and intangible heritage. This chapter reimagines wet markets as urban commons, proposing that digital tools, when grounded in community narratives and co-creation, can mediate between tradition and innovation. Drawing on comparative case studies from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Singapore, Jeonju, London, and other global cities, the chapter examines how QR storytelling, mobile apps, blockchain traceability, and social media platforms can enable inclusive cultural participation and youth engagement. By integrating digital placemaking, participatory urbanism, and commons theory, this work offers a transferable framework for revitalizing wet markets as resilient, intergenerational, and culturally embedded public spaces.
AB - Traditional wet markets in East Asia are experiencing accelerated decline, driven by the growth of e-commerce, top-down urban redevelopment, and widening intergenerational disconnection. Yet, these markets remain critical socio-cultural infrastructures, supporting local economies, ecological resilience, and intangible heritage. This chapter reimagines wet markets as urban commons, proposing that digital tools, when grounded in community narratives and co-creation, can mediate between tradition and innovation. Drawing on comparative case studies from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Singapore, Jeonju, London, and other global cities, the chapter examines how QR storytelling, mobile apps, blockchain traceability, and social media platforms can enable inclusive cultural participation and youth engagement. By integrating digital placemaking, participatory urbanism, and commons theory, this work offers a transferable framework for revitalizing wet markets as resilient, intergenerational, and culturally embedded public spaces.
KW - Cultural sustainability
KW - Digital placemaking
KW - Participatory heritage
KW - Urban commons
KW - Wet markets
KW - Youth co-design
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105026751413
UR - https://link.springer.com/book/9789819538720#about-this-book
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-95-3873-7_9
DO - 10.1007/978-981-95-3873-7_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:105026751413
SN - 978-981-95-3872-0
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 157
EP - 179
BT - Tech-Enabled Urbanism and Entrepreneurship for Inclusive Cities
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -