The Influence of Geographical Factors on the Development of the Bund Port Area and Shanghai Port During 1842 and 1880

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10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_297How to use a DOI?

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Shanghai Port; Port Bund Area; Geography

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the influence of geographical factors on the development of the Bund port area in Shanghai during the period 1842–1880. This study further explores the influence of geographic factors on the development of modern Shanghai ports, showing the role of geography and indeed other causes in the rise of China’s most important port. The research relies primarily on a combination of primary and secondary literature including minutes of meetings, travelogues of foreign missionaries, geographic analysis of port conditions, etc. The paper analyzes the extent to which geographic factors affect Shanghai through a case study of the Bund port area. Several aspects brought by the geological advantage played a vital role in the rise of Shanghai port in modern history, while other factors like policy monopoly also contributes to the process. The investigation of this issue not only broadens the geographic perspective of the study of Shanghai’s modern port and even urban development, but the Bund port area and its other terminals to the north also form a similar situation to several port areas in Shanghai today, and the lessons learned from the development of modern history can also be used today.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zeyuan Lu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - The Influence of Geographical Factors on the Development of the Bund Port Area and Shanghai Port During 1842 and 1880
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2598
EP  - 2604
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_297
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_297
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