Cultural landscape clustering and zoning of traditional rural settlements
Deyi Kong, Xinhui Fei, Ziyi Li · 2026
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Kong, Fei, and Li sorted the cultural landscapes of 520 traditional villages in China's Min River Basin. The aim was to guide heritage protection and tourism planning. Their system scores each village on 13 measures across four areas. Those areas are land and setting, village layout, old buildings, and social culture.
A K-modes grouping method sorted the villages into distinct cultural landscape types from those scores. Layering the clusters over district lines, main local cultures, and river systems gave eight named cultural landscape zones for the basin. They range from the Northern Fujian zone on the Jian River to the Min-Hakka zone along the Jiulong River in the zoning map. The authors intend the zones as a reference for naming each village cluster's tourism flavor. The zones also support keeping cultural context alive and planning joined-up protection of the old villages.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Deyi Kong, Xinhui Fei, Ziyi Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 85 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |