民国时期鄂皖赣三省沿江边界调整与江堤维护

The Boundary Adjustment and the Enbarkment Maintenance among Hubei,Anhui and Jiangxi in the Republic of China

明确的边界是行政区划的重要特征,在民国以前,鄂皖赣三省交界地区主要以长江为省界,随着长江河道的变迁,三省之间的边界变得犬牙交错,给政府的行政管理带来极大的麻烦,特别在江堤的建设与维护上总是不能协调一致。20世纪30年代初期的大水灾终于促使中央政府决心重新划分三省边界,以长江主航道为省界,以期行政管理的高效并明确江堤维护的职责。由界限到界线的演变过程体现了中央、地方、民众三者之间的利益博弈,也体现了自然环境、政治过程与地理区域之间的互动关系。

Before the Republic of China was founded,there was no clear boundary lines among Hubei,Anhui and Jiangxi and the central government had much trouble in executive administration.It was the great flood in the 1930s that urged the central government to redraw the boundary lines among the three provinces,the process of which reflected the conflicts of interests among the central government,local government and local people,and showed the interactive relationship among the natural environment,political process and geographical regions.