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Riverfront as a re-territorialising arena of urban governance: Territorialisation and folding of the Xindian River in Taipei metropolis

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  • Chih-Hung Wang

    (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

  • Yu-Ting Kao

    (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

  • Jo-Tzu Huang

    (University of Toronto, Canada)

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This paper foregrounds the riverfront as a re-territorialising arena of urban governance. Through a long-term study of the Xindian River in Taipei metropolis, Taiwan, we illustrate how the riverfront can be the key locus where the expansion of the urban frontier is manifested through and intertwines with the transformation of nature. While first interwoven with everyday activities of subsistence, Xindian River was gradually turned into the periphery of the city and then green space for recreation, a process actualised through infrastructure aimed at flood control and waste treatment as well as other informal activities that challenge such measures. We propose that ‘territorialisation’ and ‘folding’ are notions that can grasp asymmetrical relations embedded in the physical landscape. We argue that a riverfront landscape composed by territorialisation and heterogeneous folding reveals that the emergence of a negotiable state–society relationship is pivotal in the production of the urban riverfront of Taipei.

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  • Chih-Hung Wang & Yu-Ting Kao & Jo-Tzu Huang, 2021. "Riverfront as a re-territorialising arena of urban governance: Territorialisation and folding of the Xindian River in Taipei metropolis," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 58(6), pages 1245-1261, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:58:y:2021:i:6:p:1245-1261
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098020911875
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