The rapid development of digital technologies provides important opportunities for more effective cultural heritage conservation and management.While the concept of cultural landscape has been accepted by the academic...The rapid development of digital technologies provides important opportunities for more effective cultural heritage conservation and management.While the concept of cultural landscape has been accepted by the academic community in the cultural heritage field for many years,the digital conservation of cultural landscapes still lacks pragmatic guidance.The aim of this article is to explore an approach for building a digital information system to support cultural landscape conservation and management.The Slender West Lake scenic area,a typical cultural landscape in China,was used as an instrumental case study.A geo-database was designed and established to integrate the information of the natural,cultural,tangible and intangible landscape features of Slender West Lake.The digital information system for cultural landscapes provides a more holistic,dynamic and specific cultural perspective on heritage for landscape conservators.The system provides comprehensive information support for heritage conservation,management and interpretation,which are not achievable with conventional tools.This article has expanded the cultural heritage theory by presenting a practical guide for the digital information management of cultural landscapes.The workflow for building a cultural landscape geo-database can be used as a reference for heritage projects in China and other countries.展开更多
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Youth Foundation)under Grant number 51608369the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant number 2016YFC0503308and the Research Funds for the International Open Projects in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning(CAUP)in Tongji University under Grant number 2018040301.
文摘The rapid development of digital technologies provides important opportunities for more effective cultural heritage conservation and management.While the concept of cultural landscape has been accepted by the academic community in the cultural heritage field for many years,the digital conservation of cultural landscapes still lacks pragmatic guidance.The aim of this article is to explore an approach for building a digital information system to support cultural landscape conservation and management.The Slender West Lake scenic area,a typical cultural landscape in China,was used as an instrumental case study.A geo-database was designed and established to integrate the information of the natural,cultural,tangible and intangible landscape features of Slender West Lake.The digital information system for cultural landscapes provides a more holistic,dynamic and specific cultural perspective on heritage for landscape conservators.The system provides comprehensive information support for heritage conservation,management and interpretation,which are not achievable with conventional tools.This article has expanded the cultural heritage theory by presenting a practical guide for the digital information management of cultural landscapes.The workflow for building a cultural landscape geo-database can be used as a reference for heritage projects in China and other countries.
