A STUDY ON THE HISTORY OF QINGDAO EARLY-MODERN CITY PLANNING (1891-1949)

Qingdao, which is a natural fishery village at first, was developed into acityby Qing Government for the coast defence construction. Due to the introduction of city planning applied by German colonizer, the starting process of Qingdao fromvillagetocitywas accelerated. The Qingdao city planning and construction in early-modern time had changed many times, and was dominated by different administrative bodies. At the same time, its city planning and construction proceeded independently from the other cities. Qingdao city had become a relatively big city with the characteristics of integrity and seaport features after fifty-eight years city planning and construction from 1891 to 1949. This paper discusses the three main historical stages and seven development phases of the Qingdao city planning development in early-modern time, and analyzes the content and characteristics of Qingdao city planning in each stage based on the rich and accurate historical material.