The Practice and Representation of Urban Parks in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in the 1980s

20世紀80年代深圳經濟特區城市公園的實踐與表現

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)70-83
Number of pages14
Journal / PublicationLandscape Architecture Frontiers
Volume10
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2022

Abstract

After reform and opening up, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and its urban construction have an unusual significance for China. However, the prevailing emergence of urban parks built in a super speed in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is not paid much attention by the academia regarding its historical process of construction. This study examines the history of urban park construction through dual lenses of "nation–state” and "global–local” with a hope to explore the genealogy and reason lying behind the local practice of urban park construction in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone from a transnational global perspective. The authors argue that the construction of urban parks in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in the 1980s was closely related to foreign capital investment. Moreover, the national form adopted in park design during this period coincided with that of the special economic zones as a node of national rejuvenation. Relying on the global flow of ideas, this research attempts to provide interpretative view to comprehend the construction history of urban parks in China at the very beginning of the reform and opening.
對改革開放之後的中國而言,深圳經濟特區及其城市建設有著不同尋常的意義。城市公園在深圳經濟特區的超高速建設歷程中大量出現,然而關於相關建設的歷史過程卻甚少見諸學術討論。本研究將城市公園建設歷史置於“民族-國家”與“全球-地方”關係的雙重視角下進行審視,並在跨越國界的全球視野下探尋深圳經濟特區城市公園建設這一地方性實踐的譜系與淵源。通過分析,研究認為深圳經濟特區在20世紀80年代的城市公園建設與吸引外資之間存在密切關聯,且該時期的公園建設所採用的民族形式與經濟特區作為民族復興的時空節點之間也存在相應關聯。通過如上視角的解讀,本文希望能依託觀念的全球性流動,為改革開放之初中國的城市公園建設提供解釋性看法。

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  • Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Urban Park, Greening, Transnational Perspective, Reform and Opening, 深圳经济特区, 城市公园, 绿化, 跨国视角, 改革开放