Research on Distribution Pattern and Causes of Chuanjiang Wharves in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China
Through the comprehensive combing of all kinds of literature in the late Qing and Republic of Chi-na period,the data information of 732 Chuanjiang River wharves is obtained,and then processed by the GIS spatial analysis method to realize the recovery of the distribution pattern of Chuanjiang River wharves in this period.The results show that in the late Qing and Republic of China periods,the Chuanjiang River wharves were radially dis-tributed in the basin with Chongqing as the center to the north and west,and the section east of Chongqing to Yichang was mainly linearly distributed.There are three reasons for the formation of this spatial pattern:First,the unique hydrological conditions of the Chuanjiang River basin,so that the wharf to the main flow of the Chuanjiang River concentration;Second,the commercial development of Chongqing since the opening of the port,so that Chongqing has become the collection center of the Chuanjiang River wharf;Third,the outbreak of war interrupted the eastward navigation of the Chuanjiang River,the Jialingjiang River and the Wujiang River in the north and south of the wharf can be increased.To the main stream of the Chuanjiang River and Chongqing as the center of the distribution pattern of the formation of the dock,on the one hand,broke the long closed situation in the Sichuan Basin,on the other hand,the formation of the Sichuan Basin,"Chengdu-Chongqing"the pattern of two-tier devel-opment.
wharfdistribution patterndriving factorsperiod of Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of ChinaChuanjiang River