The Third Front construction played a crucial role in China’s socialist development,resulting in an excess of stock space after four decades of evolution. This study focuses on 113Third Front plants and mines in west...The Third Front construction played a crucial role in China’s socialist development,resulting in an excess of stock space after four decades of evolution. This study focuses on 113Third Front plants and mines in western Hubei to explore their contemporary reuse potential.Through field research and statistical analysis, the study examines the layout and conditions ofthese sites, utilizing the concept of “smart shrinkage” to assess their reuse value. Tools likethe minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) model, network analysis, and cluster analysis areemployed to develop a reuse value assessment model. The study finds that The Third Frontconstruction plants and mines were concentrated in the transition zone from the plains tothe mountains, and idleness and inefficiency became a common problem. These sites exhibita unique “non-urban, non-rural” layout and possess heritage, asset, and ecological values. Thestudy identifies various reuse strategies, including heritage preservation, property rights transformation, and ecological restoration through rewilding. These measures aim to revitalize theThird Front construction plants and mines, offering theoretical and methodological support fortheir sustainable development and potential recognition as world cultural heritage.展开更多
In the 1960s,to prepare for war,China initiated a massive economic campaign known as“Third Front construction”(sanxian jianshe三线建设).Third Front construction was largely founded on manufacturing industry,transpor...In the 1960s,to prepare for war,China initiated a massive economic campaign known as“Third Front construction”(sanxian jianshe三线建设).Third Front construction was largely founded on manufacturing industry,transport,and national defense science and technology.It began to attract academic attention from the 1980s,and the relevant research has made rapid progress since the advent of the new century.Today,research efforts in this field mainly come from history,supplemented by other disciplines such as sociology,economics,geography,architecture and musicology.With the increasing integration of disciplines in the future,Third Front construction promises to be one of the most vigorous and creative areas in studies of contemporary Chinese history and contemporary China.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51778252,52278018)the Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.20YJCZH192).
文摘The Third Front construction played a crucial role in China’s socialist development,resulting in an excess of stock space after four decades of evolution. This study focuses on 113Third Front plants and mines in western Hubei to explore their contemporary reuse potential.Through field research and statistical analysis, the study examines the layout and conditions ofthese sites, utilizing the concept of “smart shrinkage” to assess their reuse value. Tools likethe minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) model, network analysis, and cluster analysis areemployed to develop a reuse value assessment model. The study finds that The Third Frontconstruction plants and mines were concentrated in the transition zone from the plains tothe mountains, and idleness and inefficiency became a common problem. These sites exhibita unique “non-urban, non-rural” layout and possess heritage, asset, and ecological values. Thestudy identifies various reuse strategies, including heritage preservation, property rights transformation, and ecological restoration through rewilding. These measures aim to revitalize theThird Front construction plants and mines, offering theoretical and methodological support fortheir sustainable development and potential recognition as world cultural heritage.
基金This study is part of the results of the key program“Organization and Investigation of Materials on Small Third Front Construction”(13&ZD097)in 2013the key program“Protection and Innovation in the Use of the Third Front Industrial Legacy”(17ZD027)in 2017,both supported by the National Social Science Fund of China,as well as the key philosophy and social sciences program“Collection,Organization and Investigation of Historical Materials on Third Front Construction”(18JZD027)in 2018supported by the Ministry of Education.The author is also indebted to Chen Chao,Associate Professor at the Department of Comparative Politics,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,for his assistance in the study.
文摘In the 1960s,to prepare for war,China initiated a massive economic campaign known as“Third Front construction”(sanxian jianshe三线建设).Third Front construction was largely founded on manufacturing industry,transport,and national defense science and technology.It began to attract academic attention from the 1980s,and the relevant research has made rapid progress since the advent of the new century.Today,research efforts in this field mainly come from history,supplemented by other disciplines such as sociology,economics,geography,architecture and musicology.With the increasing integration of disciplines in the future,Third Front construction promises to be one of the most vigorous and creative areas in studies of contemporary Chinese history and contemporary China.
