2018 Volume 83 Issue 746 Pages 805-812
This paper tries to provide the perspective of development process of modern market planning in Taiwan under the Japanese rule. It reconstructs the spatial configuration of major markets and clearly depicts transformation process of commercial space in the local cities in southern Taiwan. Historical materials of this research have been compiled using the "the Public Documents of the Governor General of Taiwan's Office (台湾総督府公文類纂)", which is an administrative historical document that has not been sufciently read. The conclusion of this paper is as follows.
1. Fish market period
The fish markets designated in the early market policy of the Governor-General of Taiwan in 1900s merely redefined the market zones on the streets in order to accommodate street stalls on the road and in front of the temple, and the shop plots which were layouted along the street and the middle corridor cover with tiles or thatch and the retailers were collected the land rent for the market by the police department under Tainan prefecture. While, these markets does not have sufficient open spaces to manage stalls on the street.
2. Establishment of public retail market
As late as around 1910, however, these existing markets were removed from the streets and the shops were assembled in the modern market facilities within the city blocks. Typical market plan was caracterized by the subdivided compartments in accordance with different types of shop management and different goods, and the restructuring of existing markets included not only retail stores but also the auction market. As the block type market was established, the urban improvement in the local was also developed. On the other hand, the open space of market facilities was filled with consumers and sellers and buried in temporary shops.
3. Expansion of public retail market
These block type markets were rebuilt again around 1935; Shop plots of different management types were integrated into one, the narrow and crowded spaces were reorganized so as to improve the hygiene environment of the facilities, and rows of streetside shops which were equipped connects market facilities and street commerce within the block in order to reestablish the market as the commercial centers in the respective cities. The market was redefined as a commercial base for the first time.
