Cultural Adaptation and Central Shift - Urban Anthropological Studies of Spatial Changes in Modern Shanghai - Doctoral Library of Urban Planning, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture in China

Author: Zhang Xiaochun
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: In modern Shanghai, the opening-up and establishment of Western concessions disrupted the original traditional urban landscape and social order. Shanghai rapidly transformed from a traditional town into a modern metropolis, forming a Sino-Western hybrid urban culture. During this process, the urban landscape of Shanghai underwent fundamental changes. The urban center also experienced an unusual shift. The relocation of the urban center reflects the control of different cultural groups, particularly the Chinese and Western sides, over the urban spatial form of Shanghai, as well as the competitive development between different jurisdictions. This book approaches Shanghai's urban space from an urban anthropology perspective, viewing it as an object divided and competed over by different cultures. It treats planning and architecture as tools for implementing social control in the urban environment, focusing on the process of urban spatial transformation and the historical changes in urban culture it reflects. This book is suitable for architects, planners, urban construction professionals, as well as urban culture researchers and students and teachers in related fields for reference.