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Shenkeng District in New Taipei City is an administrative district which is located in the south-east edge of Taipei Basin. Tea leaves was traditionally the main economic source, but now Shenkeng is famous for tofu. With Taiwan’s entire vicissitudes in different times and economic development, the small-scale local industry in Shenkeng was also affected by the internal and external environments, and showed its developmental context that differs from other districts. Thus, Shenkeng gradually formed its own regional features. Industry is one of the connections between people and land. The change of industry inside the region would affect people who live in it. By the influence of Taiwan’s entire economic environment, the industrial structure of Shenkeng changed from agriculture to industry, and now Shenkeng is actively developing tourism. From 1945 to the present time, under the influence of industry, the change of Shenkeng can be seen on the overall landscape as well as the local’s perceptions and affections towards Shenkeng. Therefore, a qualitative approach will be conducted by this study. By collecting and analyzing reference documents, participant observation, and in-depth interview, this study aims to investigate different phases of Shenkeng’s industrial development, the change of its landscape and how the sense of place was formed in the process of the industrial development. This study found that the industrial landscape of Shenkeng was affected by its local development, and therefore it showed that farming, industrial factories, and the historical street exist in the same place. In the context of industrial development, regarding the sense of place, the residents have different perceptions and affections towards Shenkeng due to their different experience of life. Hence, the sense of place of fixation and reality, unfamiliarity and weakness, contradiction and the sense of loss was formed.
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