Study on Relationships between Spatial Change of Urban Traditional Shopping Streets and Community Spatial Structure: Case Study from Anping District in Tainan City

We will take on empirical study on Yenping Street（延平街）, Fort Street （古堡街）and Anping Road（安平路） of Anping District in Tainan city. Three major research methods are applied, including related theories and literatures review, case study and survey（data collecting, in-depth interview, participant observation） and analysis and interpretation.

The main contents and outcomes of this study will be as follows： （1） review of related theories and literatures（including urban commercial spaces and retail geography, shopping street, social spatialization and new retail cultural geography, relation between urban traditional shopping street and community spatial structure, etc） and construction of conceptual framework; （2） data collecting of related literatures and theories, in-depth interview and participant observation in study area; （3） analysis and interpretation of cultural and spatial changes in Anping\'s three traditional shopping streets through social spatialization and new retail cultural geography concepts； （4） analysis and interpretation of effects and outcomes of retail activities and spatial developments in Anping\'s three traditional shopping streets upon Anping old community spatial structure. （5） to draw conclusions about relationships between urban traditional shopping street\'s spatial changes and community spaces. （6） to draw some main conclusions of this study.