民国时期吴兴市政建设探究(1920—1937)

Urban Construction of Wuxing(1920-1937) in the Republic of China

近代中国城市化发轫于鸦片战争后,以沿海、沿江开埠通商城市为主。随着近代化进程的加快,城市化逐渐向内陆城市拓展。举凡大端,市政是城市化的重要内容,也是研究城市变迁史的重要契入点。民国时期,沿海及内陆主要城市曾掀起一场轰轰烈烈的"市政改革"运动。受此影响,作为江南水乡城市的吴兴,在20世纪20年代中后期开始逐步推行市政建设。总体来说,民国时期吴兴市政建设在市政规划、城厢道路、城市交通、桥梁水利、医疗卫生、园林照明等方面取得了一定成效,但因财力困窘、规划局限及时局动荡等因素,仍存在诸多不足。

Modern China’s urbanization began after the Opium War,mainly in coastal and river trading cities.With the acceleration of modernization,urbanization gradually expanded to inland cities.Urban construction is an important part of urbanization,and also an important starting point in the study of urban change history.During the period of the Republic of China,there was a vigorous“municipal reform”movement in major coastal and inland cities.As a water town in the south of lower reaches of the Yangtze River,Wuxing begana gradual urban con-struction in the middle and late 1920 s.Generally speaking,the municipal construction of Wuxing during the Republic of China achieved certain results in municipal planning,urban roads,urban transportation,bridge and water conservancy,medical and health care,garden and lighting,etc.,but there are still many deficiencies due to financial constraints,planning limitations and timely instability.