Cultural Diversity of Traditional Settlement Landscape Gene

As a crucial channel for understanding traditional settlements culture,traditional settlement landscape gene is of vital importance to figure out status quo of traditional Chinese culture,to protect cultural heritage of settlements,and to help residents establish cultural confidence.This paper adopts diversity index,schema analysis,and qualitative analysis methods to identify cultural diversity and construct diversity map of cultural landscape genes.It shows that cultural diversity of landscape genes refers to the various forms of cultural factors in architecture,environment,culture,and layout,including type diversity,combination diversity,and functional diversity.

On Perceptibility and Recognizability of Traditional Settlements' Landscape Genes in Chinese Minority Areas: A Case Study in Yutou Dong Minority Village of Tongdao

Taking Yutou Dong Minority Village in Tongdao County for example, this study carried out questionnaire survey and interview survey from the perspective of environment element perceptibility and culture psychology recognizability, on the basis of identifying 9 landscape genes, namely drum tower, wind-rain bridge, the village gate, Sa altar, overall layout, totem signs, and environmental factors. The survey results showed that 1 Sa altar has the highest perceptibility, and drum tower has the lowest perceptibility; 2 Sa altar and drum tower have the highest recognizability, overall layout, totem signs and environment have the lowest; 3 Location has the highest perceptibility and size has the poorest; 4 Sentiment has the highest perceptibility, function the lowest; 5 Men have higher perception and sense of recognition than women; 6 Education background has greater impact on perception, but no obvious impact on sense of recognition; 7 Length of residence in the village has positive effect on perception and sense of recognition; 8 Distance from the village has positive effect on perception and sense of recognition.

Correlation between Ancestral Temple Worship Sacrifice Culture and Clan Etiquettes in Traditional Settlements of Jiangxi Province

To explore the correlation between ancestor temple sacrifice culture and clan etiquettes in traditional settlements of Jiangxi Province, this paper analyzed origination and development of ancestor temple, focused on the patriarchal thought that respects ancestors and unifies the clan, the relationship between clan power and political power, sacrifice and patriarchy. The research found that the plain clan etiquettes were significant for unifying the clansmen, inheriting historical context, and stabilizing primarylevel organizations in rural areas.

A Preliminary Study on Historical Evolution and Spatial Characteristics of Traditional Settlements along the Feihu Passage Based on GIS

The eight Taihang passages are important cultural routes in the northern region,and a large number of traditional settlements with northern residential characteristics are distributed along the passages.Traditional settlements along the Feihu passage are studied in the paper,and the temporal and spatial distribution of traditional settlements is sorted out via ArcGIS platform,to explore its historical evolution in time and distribution rule in space.

A Study of the Streets and Alleys of Traditional Settlements in Taihang Mountains–Taking Wangjinzhuang,Shexian County as an Example

Wangjinzhuang in Shexian County,which has a long history,is a representative of the traditional settlements in Taihang Mountains.Through the in-depth study of the morphological characteristics of Wangjinzhuang settlement,this paper fully excavates its value as a traditional settlement.The overall pattern of the settlement form is complete,showing a linear layout form;the road system is graded,and the structure is clear;the spatial form shows a combination of points,lines,and planes;public buildings are distributed in an orderly manner,with clear functions,and they have a high degree of research value.

Spatial Protection and Development of Traditional Mountain Settlements from the Perspective of Self-organization : A Case Study of Anju Ancient Town in Tongliang District, Chongqing

Through literature research, field research and urban design analysis methods, based on the self-organization theory, the evolution characteristics of the settlement space of Anju Ancient Town with significant characteristics of traditional mountain settlements were analyzed, and then its internal and external influencing factors were summarized. Finally, appropriate protection and development strategies were proposed, such as reasonably planning functional zones, breaking through the single structure, and creating a good living cultural environment. The innovation of this study is that it integrates the self-organization theory into the cognition of traditional mountain settlement space, and discusses the connection between the mountain settlement space and the traditional regional context under the modern development concept, so as to seek the benign protection and reasonable development of traditional mountain settlement space.

Naming and Distribution of Traditional Mountain Settlements in Mentougou in Western Beijing

Settlement naming is an important carrier of settlement society and culture,carries regional culture,historical information,beliefs and other information,and is an important clue to understand regional culture and development characteristics.In this paper,the naming of traditional mountain settlements in Mentougou in western Beijing was studied through literature review and field research,and the correlation between the naming and distribution characteristics of the settlements was discussed to provide reference for the protection and construction of mountain settlements in Mentougou.

Application of Landscape Gene Information Chain in Tourism Development of Traditional Human Settlements:A Case Study of Daqitou Village in Sanshui District,Foshan City

Based on the aspect of historical and cultural geography, the value of "landscape gene information chain" in the tourism development of ancient villages was verified by taking cultural landscape as the principal line, historical and cultural settlement as the carriers, and traditional buildings as the entry points. Taking Daqintou Village in Sanshui District, Foshan City for example, the theory of "landscape gene information chain" was applied to design a tourism planning scheme for Daqitou Village.

Living Heritage in a Post-Earthquake Context:Conceptualizing and Managing Continuity Within Traditional Settlements in Jiuzhaigou Valley,China

The living heritage approach seeks to link heritage properties with the living dimensions attributed by local communities–tangible and intangible heritage.However,how living heritage can be further understood and managed in post-disaster traditional settlements has yet to be explored adequately.This paper discusses the concept of living heritage embedded in post-earthquake planning and reconstruction of traditional settlements in Jiuzhaigou Valley,a World Heritage property in Sichuan Province.The thematic analysis method is employed to conduct both deductive and inductive content analysis of governmental administrative documents on post-earthquake reconstruction policies and practices.The results demonstrate that the continuity of heritage and the continuity of community are the two essential attributes conceptualizing living heritage by developing a people-centered approach to resilience-building in post-disaster traditional settlements.The paper broadens the concept of living heritage by incorporating the discussion of heritage and traditional settlements into a post-disaster context.The living heritage approach can be further elaborated into an integrated heritage management approach relying on community values and empowerment,to promote urban and rural conservation and urbanization policy-making and practices worldwide.

Participation of Users in Traditional and Modern Turkish Settlements

When the development level of a city is determined, its residents＇ level of participation and support to social organizations, especially the voluntarily participation to civil organizations, are taken into account, as well as, their level of utilization from city services. It is beneficial to organize civil groups who are sensitive to urban and environmental issues. In traditional Turkish settlements, it can be talked about the existence of such an organization as a natural process in social organizations including moral and humanistic values. The feeling of belonging had raised the environmental quality both physically and socially. Respect to the nature and human was the main principle of these settlements. Such organizations has displaced with the written rules and official or civil organizations in modern urban settlements. In these organizations, participation of the users to urban planning decisions is not directly, but indirectly. As people who live in modern settlements do not participate to the planning and building process, they have not felt themselves belong to the place. The environmental quality and respect to the nature and human have been lessened in these modern settlements. This study focuses on the participation of users on planning and building housing environments in traditional and modern Turkish settlements and the comparison of them with their positive and negative results with the examples given.

Space Construction and Environmental Adaptability of Traditional Living Spaces in Turpan

Turpan traditional residences are primitive green buildings adaptive to the climate, materials and geographical conditions of the arid regions. The environmental adaptability of local residences and the construction methods was elaborated to provide references for building new oasis settlements in the local area.

Study on the Climate Adaptation of Traditional Dai Villages:Taking Manyuan Village as an Example

This paper selected Manyuan Village in Oliver Plain(Ganlanba) as a case study to analyze the climate adaptation of traditional villages in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture with high temperature and high humidity. Three main thermal environment elements, i.e., temperature, humidity, and wind speed, were collected for comfort evaluation through Kriging analysis and UTCI equivalent temperature calculation. The research concluded the characteristics of the climate adaptation and the spatial factors affecting the comfort degree of traditional Dai villages, including mountain, vegetation, water body, pavilion and corridor, and underlying surface. Finally, the authors also discussed the spatial optimization proposals to improve the comfort degree of traditional Dai villages.