The Use of Sand and Gravel for Construction,Interest Disputes and their Mediationin Qingdao Coastal Areas(1929-1937)
Affected by factors such as the update of building materials technology and driven by economic interests,the use of sand and gravel for construction in Qingdaocoastal sand-producing areas has gradually become more and more popular in modem times,and the modem urban spatial landscape has also changed.In view of the obstacles caused by disorderly sand mining activities to various municipal construction and management,the authorities have taken a series of measures to regulate the excessive sand mining activities among the private sector,striving to establish a strictly regulated sand mining order.The official unified and rigid sand mining system ignores the"exclusive"significance of coastal sand to the safety of coastal residents'homes and their interests,leading to conflicts among the people over the issues of"mining and protection"and benefit distribution.From the perspective of maintaining social order and stability at the grassroots level,the authorities have actively balanced the interests of all parties and resolved many disputes.The existing rigid systems are also constantly being adjusted to be more down-to-earth.The disputes over sand mining in Qingdao in modern times and their resolution process carry the special memory of coastal people's resource use and interest conflicts,and reflect the internal logic of the generation of resource use order and interest distribution pattern in coastal areas.