HISTORICAL STUDIES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
Online ISSN : 1884-8141
Print ISSN : 0916-7293
ISSN-L : 0916-7293
A Study on the construction of Street Network in HEIJO (PYONGYANG; at Present) under Japanese Rule
Yasushi GOTO
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1994 Volume 14 Pages 1-14

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the construction of street network in HEIJO (PYONGYANG; at present) between 1910-1945 under Japanese rule. HEIJO was one of the most important and traditional city through Korean history, for the capital city of PYONG-AN-DO in Lee Dynasty Era, or HEIAN-NANDO in Japanese Colonial Era. The following characteristics have been clarified.
(1) Street network under Japanese Colonial Era, had been constructed without utilizing the traditional street network from Lee Dynasty Era.
(2) The construction had not been so positive in comparison with that in KEIJO (SEOUL; at present).
(3) The construction had been related to laying tracks of streetcar.

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