Abstract:
This study examines the changes of two streets in Leshan for studying how the
modernization was carried out in a middle-level western city in China since 1979. It specifically
focuses on how the changes in urban planning, city management, and people’s use of space have
been reflected in the change of the streets. The change furtherly reveals how the power of space
was gradually transferred from people to the government in this process. In addition, analyze the
vibrance that the city has lost behind the achievement of infrastructure construction and
economic development.