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During the twentieth century Chinese urban parks germinated and then flourished against the backdrop of fluctuating social and political contexts. This short-narrative outlines the history of Nanjing’s urban parks from the 1900s to 2000s. Its broad chronological phases can be summed up as follows: Initialization propelled by the early modernization (mid-nineteenth century -1911), Embodied nationalism in the capital’s construction (1912–1937), Desolate and stagnant places: the 2nd Sino-Japanese war and the Liberation War (1937–1949), Merit, then evil in the fluctuating propagandas (1949–1979), Commercialized and open space (1980s–2000s). The establishment and transformation of urban parks in Nanjing is mainly attributed to the elite, authorities and planners’ interweaving involvements etching on the urban palimpsest and historical geographical features, conditioned by the unstable social-political process.
During the twentieth century Chinese urban parks germinated and then flourished against the backdrop of fluctuating social and political contexts. This short-narrative outlines the history of Nanjing’s urban parks from the 1900s to 2000s. Its broad chronological phases can be summed up as follows: Initialization propelled by the early modernization (mid-nineteenth century -1911), Embodied nationalism in the capital’s construction (1912–1937), Desolate and stagnant places: the 2nd Sino-Japanese war and the Liberation War (1937–1949), Merit, then evil in the fluctuating propagandas (1949–1979), Commercialized and open space (1980s–2000s). The establishment and transformation of urban parks in Nanjing is mainly attributed to the elite, authorities and planners’ interweaving involvements etching on the urban palimpsest and historical geographical features, conditioned by the unstable social-political process.
The urban parks in Nanjing, 1900s–2000s: a brief introduction
Xu, Zhen (author)
Planning Perspectives ; 36 ; 1269-1292
2021-11-02
24 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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