A study on regional characteristics and typology of Chinatowns in the world

本研究旨在探讨世界乡镇企业的地域特征和类型，收集了有关乡镇企业的各种书籍、文章和统计资料，并利用计算机建立了乡镇企业文献数据库。曾在日本横滨、科比、长崎等城市，以及东南亚、美国、日本、韩国等城市进行实地研究，加拿大、澳大利亚等地。日本所有的小城镇都在打造独特的商业化民族城镇。虽然美国的一些旧城区，例如弗朗西斯科、纽约等，都是旅游胜地，但随着来自中国大陆、台湾、香港、东南亚等地的新移民的增加，大都市的郊区也出现了新的城市。所以世界上有两种类型的唐人街，旧唐人街类型和新唐人街类型。

The aim of this study was to discuss regional characteristics and typology of Chinatowns in the world.The investigator has collected various books, articles, and statistical data on Chinatowns, and has made data bases of the bibliographies on Chinatowns by computer. He carried out field researches in Chinatowns in Japan such as Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, and in the Chinatowns in Southeast Asian, U.S.A., Canada, Australia, and so on.All of the Chinatowns in Japan are making unique commercialized ethnic towns. Although some old Chinatowns in the United States such as those in San Francisco and New York are sightseeing places, new Chinatowos have developed in the suburbs of metropolises as new comers from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and so on, increased. So there are two type of Chinatowns in the world, the old Chinatown type and the new Chinatown type.