印巴边境城市工业发展比较研究:以阿姆利则和拉合尔为例

Industrial Growth in India and Pakistan:Comparing Two Border Cities of Amritsar and Lahore

城市为工业发展提供了空间场域,并在行政区划的基础上构筑了社区、地方和国家之间的联系。1947年的印巴分治,造成旁遮普地区被一分为二。位于两国边境的城市阿姆利则和拉合尔继承了相同的资源禀赋,它们的现代工业都缘起于殖民地统治时期,但由于两地所采取的政策不同,工业呈现差异发展的局面。本文以两座边境城市为范本,进行印巴分治后两国工业发展的对比研究,认为边境位置的负面影响和中央政府的歧视性政策是造成两地工业增长差异的重要原因。印巴边境两座城市工业的差异化发展,以及所呈现的两国政府政策差异,为印巴分治后两国社会发展的对比提供了研究案例。

Cities provide important sites for understanding the connection between community,locality and the state.The Indian and Pakistani Punjabs,which are divided by an international border drawn in1947,allow for fascinating studies of the changes that have occurred ever since.This paper discusses and compares the industrial growth of Lahore and Amritsar,as they had similar colonial origins of their industries which were shattered by the partition.The negative impact of an international border and the discriminatory policies of the central government are cited as significant causes for the difference in the industrial growth in both cities.But these claims cannot be assessed until we do a comparative research on both sides of the border.The present study also has some wider implications as it juxtaposes the policies of the governments of India and Pakistan towards two industrial cities located at their respective borders.