Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
Online ISSN : 1881-8161
Print ISSN : 1340-4210
ISSN-L : 1340-4210
A CONSIDERATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND ITS TRANSFORMATION OF CHINESE ASSOCIATIONS IN DOWNTOWN YANGON, MYANMAR
Spatial Characteristics of the Distribution from the Perspective of Constituent Groups
Yilang XIANGShu YAMANE
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2022 Volume 87 Issue 801 Pages 2179-2190

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The paper aims to discuss the distribution and its transformation of Chinese Associations in Downtown Yangon. Chinese Associations were established by overseas Chinese and serves for their communication and mutual aid. Location data of Chinese Associations obtained from the documents and the field survey is analyzed from the perspective of associations' constituent groups based on their origins, dialects and occupations. Then the patterns and the characteristics of the distribution and its transformation are considered to be closely related to the constituent group's origin, dialect and occupation.

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