Typology, Preservation, and Regeneration of the Post-1949 Industrial Heritage in China: A Case Study of Shanghai
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. International Industrial Heritage
2.2. China’s Industrial Heritage
3. Research Methods
3.1. Case Selection
3.2. Data Collection
3.3. Data Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Geographical Distribution
4.2. Industrial Type
4.3. Spatial Form
4.4. Temporal Evolution
4.5. Preservation and Regeneration
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Number | List | Source | The Number of Industrial Heritage Sites |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Shanghai Immovable Cultural Relics | Shanghai Municipal People’s Government | 53 1,2 |
2 | Shanghai Heritage Architecture | Shanghai Municipal People’s Government | 6 1 |
3 | Shanghai Heritage Blocks | Shanghai Urban Planning Bureau | 5 2 |
4 | Shanghai Industrial Heritage Survey | Shanghai Cultural Relics Bureau | 26 |
Number | Criteria | Types |
---|---|---|
1 | Geographical distribution | The inner city (within the inner ring road; mostly the previous concessions and the core of Pudong New District) |
Mature neighborhoods (in-between the inner and outer ring roads; mostly 1949–1990s urban expansion) | ||
Suburbs (outside the outer ring road) | ||
2 | Industrial type (according to Shanghai Local Chronicles and National Industrial Classifications GB/T4754-2011) | Heavy industry |
Light industry | ||
Non-industrial infrastructure and functions | ||
3 | Spatial form | Industrial building |
Industrial block | ||
Industrial zone | ||
4 | Preservation and regeneration | Functional continuation (maintaining the original industrial production) |
Functional regeneration (adapted to other functions) | ||
Not in use | ||
Demolished |
Major Categories (I) | Number | Subcategories (II) | Quantity | Proportion |
---|---|---|---|---|
I Heavy industry (65%) | 1 | Shipbuilding industry | 4 | 5% |
2 | Electric power industry | 4 | 5% | |
3 | Electronic instrumentation industry | 2 | 2% | |
4 | Iron and steel industry | 4 | 5% | |
5 | Aviation industry | 2 | 2% | |
6 | Chemical industry | 7 | 8% | |
7 | Electromechanical industry | 22 | 27% | |
8 | Building materials industry | 3 | 4% | |
9 | Coal industry | 1 | 1% | |
10 | Automobile industry | 2 | 2% | |
11 | General equipment manufacturing industry | 1 | 1% | |
12 | Rubber industry | 2 | 2% | |
II Light industry (28%) | 13 | Film machinery Industry | 3 | 4% |
14 | Textile industry | 5 | 6% | |
15 | Household electrical appliance industry | 1 | 1% | |
16 | Metal products industry | 1 | 1% | |
17 | Food industry | 7 | 8% | |
18 | Toy industry | 1 | 1% | |
19 | Culture, education, sports industry | 1 | 1% | |
20 | Camera manufacturing industry | 1 | 1% | |
21 | Pen making industry | 2 | 2% | |
22 | Lock making industry | 1 | 1% | |
III Non-industrial infrastructure and functions (7%) | 23 | Transportation | 1 | 1% |
24 | Warehousing | 1 | 1% | |
25 | Maritime | 1 | 1% | |
26 | Educational R & D | 3 | 4% |
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Mo, C.; Wang, L.; Rao, F. Typology, Preservation, and Regeneration of the Post-1949 Industrial Heritage in China: A Case Study of Shanghai. Land 2022, 11, 1527. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091527
Mo C, Wang L, Rao F. Typology, Preservation, and Regeneration of the Post-1949 Industrial Heritage in China: A Case Study of Shanghai. Land. 2022; 11(9):1527. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091527
Chicago/Turabian StyleMo, Chaoyu, Lin Wang, and Fujie Rao. 2022. "Typology, Preservation, and Regeneration of the Post-1949 Industrial Heritage in China: A Case Study of Shanghai" Land 11, no. 9: 1527. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091527
APA StyleMo, C., Wang, L., & Rao, F. (2022). Typology, Preservation, and Regeneration of the Post-1949 Industrial Heritage in China: A Case Study of Shanghai. Land, 11(9), 1527. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091527