With a history spanning thousands of years,the water system of Suzhou is an indispensable carrier of urban space and civil culture.Quantificational model analysis of the waterfront in the ancient city of Suzhou has si...With a history spanning thousands of years,the water system of Suzhou is an indispensable carrier of urban space and civil culture.Quantificational model analysis of the waterfront in the ancient city of Suzhou has significant implications for the future design of waterfront space and the establishment of an evaluation method to determine the vitality of such space.In this study,a vitality evaluation model was first constructed using river attributes,the spatial type of waterfront areas,vision accessibility,transportation accessibility,and combined new data extracted using spatial factor analysis.Second,a vitality evaluation matrix was established using the analytic hierarchy process to simulate the vitality of waterfront spaces.Third,a hash algorithm was employed to determine the fitting degree between the vitality model of Suzhou’s waterfront space and crowd activity.The different areas between them were found and then the factor evaluation process was adjusted on this basis of analyzing the causes.Thus,this study identified the factors influencing the vitality of Suzhou’s waterfront.Furthermore,this research constructed a model for evaluating the vitality of waterfront spaces.Finally,some guidelines were presented regarding the design and implementation of waterfront spaces in urban design.展开更多
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51708398)Beiyang Scholar of Tianjin University(2019XRG-0025)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2018YFC0704700).
文摘With a history spanning thousands of years,the water system of Suzhou is an indispensable carrier of urban space and civil culture.Quantificational model analysis of the waterfront in the ancient city of Suzhou has significant implications for the future design of waterfront space and the establishment of an evaluation method to determine the vitality of such space.In this study,a vitality evaluation model was first constructed using river attributes,the spatial type of waterfront areas,vision accessibility,transportation accessibility,and combined new data extracted using spatial factor analysis.Second,a vitality evaluation matrix was established using the analytic hierarchy process to simulate the vitality of waterfront spaces.Third,a hash algorithm was employed to determine the fitting degree between the vitality model of Suzhou’s waterfront space and crowd activity.The different areas between them were found and then the factor evaluation process was adjusted on this basis of analyzing the causes.Thus,this study identified the factors influencing the vitality of Suzhou’s waterfront.Furthermore,this research constructed a model for evaluating the vitality of waterfront spaces.Finally,some guidelines were presented regarding the design and implementation of waterfront spaces in urban design.
