The Renewal Of Traditional Waterland Settlement In Shaoxing

The traditional settlement .which is deeply rooted in the traditional culture,life style, social idealogy, economical and social construction, is not only a link of the mankind and the nature, but also an accumulation of the history for thousand years. It is full of the charming characters with it's long history,strong traditions, and special architectural environment. However,the traditional settlement is facing the great challenge for not fitting in with the needs of the modern society with the rapid development in township industries and vigorously development of the social economy, especially in modern development.So,it is becoming an urgent task of research to have the traditional settlement renovated so as to stimulate it's inner activity fitting in with the modern society. In the thesis ,the author choose the traditional settlement in ShaoXing as the study object which is one of the "most powerful countries"in "lively area"--YiangZi River Delta. Basing on the practices and the dynamic studying methods as investigation, analization, synthesis , the author trying find the realistic "pattern" of the traditional settlement renewal from the conflict between the reality and tradition. The thesis is divided into four sections:In the first section,the author exames the long history and culture of the traditional settlement in ShaoXing. Having analyzed the effect of the economical structure changing to the form and development of the town,it is expressed the special structure of the waterland and the architectural enviroment in ShaoXing.In the second section, the author looks at the conflict between the traditional waterland settlement and the realities of modern industrial civilization. In the thesis, the author also give two examples:KeQiao and DongPu,both famous histories and culture resulting in two different fates . One is KeQiao,which has been "destructive construction" in development ;the other is DongPu,which has been preserved well but facing the crysis of decline. After that ,the author studies these two fates.In the third section, basing on the practices of waterland renewal in DongPu and the ancient cannels renewal in KeQiao,the author puts forword the diffirentway to the renewal of the traditional waterland settlement.The fourth section exclude some theories about the traditional settlement renewal. In this thesis,the author emphasizes the importance and the urgency of renewal,and points out that the regional structure is turning from the "consistent" to "inconsistent" . Only through the regional planning,can we protect the traditional settlement well. In the end,after discussing the dynamic conservation and the organic renewal, the author explord the pluralist concept from the value,content and pattern of the renewal.Yao HongmeiDirected by prof. Shan Deqi...