清代鄂西南民族地区城镇基本特点分析

An Analysis of Characteristics of the Townships in the West-South Hubei Province in the Qing Dynasty

受自然条件的制约,清代鄂西南民族地区城镇的空间布局呈随地形、河流走向布局和延伸的显著特点;在清代传统社会里,政治、军事因素和传统商贸活动成为城镇发展变迁的主导性因素和发展变迁的动力因素;但因民族地区社会经济发展滞后,又致使城镇规模普遍较小,且发展缓慢;市政建设也相对滞后。这一切,构成了清代鄂西南民族地区城镇的基本特征,显现出了鲜明的民族性。

Townships in the west-south Hubei Province are geographically distributed along rivers.In the traditional society,the slow commercial development makes political,military and traditional commercial activities the leading motives in the development of townships in the west-south Hubei Province in the Qing Dynasty.Townships in the west-south Hubei Province have the characteristics of small scale,slow development and sluggishness in municipal construction because of economic backwardness,and clearly illustrate nationality simultaneously.