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Effect of Beijing-Suiyuan Railway Construction on the Change of Urban Spatial Order in Western Inner Mongolia, China - Centered on the City of Hohhot and Baotou -

경수철도가 내몽골 거점도시의 도시공간질서 변화과정에 미친 영향 - 중국 내몽골 서부지역 거점도시인 후허하오터과 바오터우시를 중심으로 -

  • Zhao, Jiaqi (Dept. of Urban Engineering, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Chan (Dept. of Urban Engineering, Wonkwang University)
  • 조가기 (원광대학교 도시공학과) ;
  • 이경찬 (원광대학교 도시공학과)
  • Received : 2021.10.27
  • Accepted : 2022.09.12
  • Published : 2022.11.30
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Abstract

Regarding the hub cities of Hohhot and Baotou in western Inner Mongolia, this paper analyzes the role of the Beijing-Suiyang Railway in the process of modern urbanization and urban spatial structure transformation. Based on the characteristics of the railway route and railway station location, this study particularly focuses on the analysis of the skeletal elements of urban structure such as road system, functional area structure, urbanization area and urban growth axis. The Beijing-Suiyang railway provides new development impetus for the area surrounding the station and serves as an opportunity for the transformation of premodern urban spatial order. A new urban functional area dominated by factories and circulating business is formed around the railway station, which motivate development of urban fringe belts. The major road system formed with the railway station has become the framework of the spatial structure in the subsequent urban development process. However, the railway plays different impacts on the reorganization process of the modern urban spatial order of Hohhot and Baotou. In Hohhot where the railway station is located between two major urbanized areas, Guihua and Suiyuan, the development of the fringe-belt around the railway station and the outward expansion of the existing urban area were carried out. And in this process, the axis of urban growth was changed. In Baotou where the railway station is located south of the city wall, after the construction of the railway, the development power was dispersed to the inner wall area and the area around the adjacent Deunggu railway station. And the function of the existing urban axis was strengthened with infilling development inside the wall rather than the expansion-type development. This difference can be attributed to the comprehensive effect of factors such as the location of the railway station, the urban characteristic and spatial structure around the railway construction, and the development agents of surrounding areas of the railway station.

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본 논문은 2021년도 원광대학교 교비지원에 의해 수행되었음.

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