Print Email Facebook Twitter Between Tradition and Modernity Title Between Tradition and Modernity: Western urban planning and street improvement projects in Hankou (1889-1937) Author Ren, X. (Southeast University) Li, Baihao (Southeast University) Hein, C.M. (TU Delft History, Form & Aesthetics) Date 2022 Abstract This article examines street improvement projects in Hankou's case for unearthing the contribution of Chinese political elites and planers in exchanging planning concepts and technologies from the West to China. Aiming to realize the Modern Metropolis, which Sun Yat-sen proposed in the fundamentals of national reconstruction, Chinese political elites and planers selected, borrowed, and imported western planning ideas to transform traditional Hankou city by implementing street improvement projects. Using the case of street improvement of Hankou during the Late Qing period(1889-1911), Early Republic China period(1911-1926), and Municipal Government period(1926-1937) as case studies, this article examines street improvement projects which authorities developed for Hankou in three different periods. By analyzing planning concepts, street plans(both realized and planned), and management regulations of these projects, the paper argues that improvement projects aimed to develop economic and industrial and improve public hygiene. Furthermore, the Chinese political and planning elites imported European and American design principles and practiced them in the Hankou local context for their own needs. In conclusion, the built environment showed hybridization features after implementing continuous planning schemes. Subject Hankouurban transformationplanning historystreet improvementmodernity To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d9cc6841-58ff-464c-a31d-8955e977ec0d DOI https://doi.org/10.7480/iphs.2022.1.6473 Publisher Delft University of Technology Source Proceedings of the 19th International Planning History Society Conference: City Space Transformation Event IPHS 2022: 19th International Planning History Society Conference, 2022-07-05 → 2022-07-06, Delft, Netherlands Series International Planning History Society Proceedings, 2468-6956, 19 (1) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2022 X. Ren, Baihao Li, C.M. Hein Files PDF 6473_Article_Text_21685_2 ... 220704.pdf 2.76 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d9cc6841-58ff-464c-a31d-8955e977ec0d/datastream/OBJ/view