| Summary: | 博士 === 雲林科技大學 === 設計學研究所博士班 === 96 === This study analyzes the spatial transformation of Chiayi City from the viewpoint of local spatial imagination. Three aspects of the special transformation will be the focus of this discussion: the force, the structure, and the imagination. Chronologically, three periods are investigated: from the establishment of Chu-Luo City in the Ching Dynasty to the Chiayi Earthquake in Japan Colonization (1730-1906); from the Earthquake to Chiayi City Legalization (1906-1930); and from the Legalization to Japan''s surrender at the end of WWII (1930-1945). Specially, our structure differentiates between spatial facilities (governmental, educational, religious, industrial, and basic living facilities) and spatial road systems (intra- and inter-city road systems).
During 1730-1906, Ching''s imperial city construction plays a major role in the transformation. People in Chuluo, as part of the overall rebelling theme of Taiwan against Ching, have the consciousness of rebellion and social solidarity. The forces of spatial transformation are from Chiayi Plain''s water conservancy project, its role in transportation, Chuluo City''s Rebellion, the balancing force of Pao-jia system and league of villages, and the political power behind the construction, maintenance, and destruction of the Chiayi City wall. The imaginations include the inland-inaction, the spatial symbols of control, and the actual military control.
During the years between 1906 and 1930, Japanese implanted the ideology of colonial modernity to the city improvement plan of Chiayi City, and transformed and transplanted the original spatial structure of the city. But the original local consciousness still existed, a fact that can be observed from the Zhi-zhou activity, the Shi-zhi activity and the Da- Chiayi discourses from 1920 to 1930. The forces of spatial transformation during this period came from the construction of railroad and roads; the exploitation of Ali Mountain; the transformation of city visions vis-à-vis the Zhi-zhou activity, the Shi-zhi activity and the Da- Chiayi discourses; the city improvement plan; the improvement of sanitation and ditches; the building of the Jia-wu architecture management law and of the Bu-dao and Ding-a-ka management law. The discussion of spatial imaginations includes resource depredation, conciliation policies, and the establishment of the colonial modern spatial order.
From 1930 to1945, the conflicts between the local and national ideologies ensued. The local people became aware of the decay of Chiayi City’s competitiveness, and thus they advanced the notion of building Chiayi City as a tourist city. The colonial government, on the other hand, put the emphasis on industrialization, the Kouminka movement, and the Japanese military imperializaion of Chiayi City. The forces of spatial transformation came from the idea of Chiayi City as a tourist city, industrialization, the Kouminka movement, and Japanese military imperialism. The discussion of spatial imaginations includes the symbolization of Chiayi City as a tourist city, the ideology of the Kouminka movement, and the establishment of the industrial spatial order.
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