Investigations on the Formation of Settlement Parks during the Settlement Era($1845{\sim}1943$) in Shanghai

  • Zhang, An (Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University) ;
  • Zhang, Junhua (Chiba University Faculty of Horticulture) ;
  • Ono, Sawako (Chiba University Faculty of Horticulture) ;
  • Mitani, Toru (Chiba University Faculty of Horticulture)
  • Published : 2007.10.26

Abstract

The settlement era($1845{\sim}1943$) in Shanghai was divided as periods parting point by the establishment of habitats, the establishment of the International Settlement and its two times expansions, the establishment of the French Settlement and its three times expansions. Investigations on the formation process and its characteristics of two settlement parks during each period were carried out. The formation process of Shanghai settlement park was divided simply into the settlement park foundation time correspond to the settlement expansion time(the International Settlement was from 1845 to 1898, the French Settlement was from 1849 to 1913) and the settlement park development time after the settlement expansion(the International Settlement is from 1899 to 1943, the French Settlement is from 1914 to 1943) by the characteristics such as its forming time, quantity and distribution.

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