Influence of Environmental Factors on the Site Selection and Layout of Ancient Military Towns (Zhejiang Region)

Lifeng Tan,Linping Yang,Jiayi Liu,Shuaishuai Zhao,Huanjie Liu,Jiayin Zhou,Tong Li,Shenge Shen,Yinggang Wang,Pengfei Zhao,Yukun Zhang

doi:10.3390/su14052572

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https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052572

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Abstract

There are many subjective inferences regarding environment-related studies in modern studies of ancient military defense heritage, and the objective quantitative analysis of citadel site selection and layout has become the key to interpreting the environmental adaptability of citadels under defense strategies. Based on this, it has been proposed in this research that the site selection of ancient military citadels in a specific region (Zhejiang) has environmental adaptability characteristics. Firstly, an elevated hydrological overlay model was established by predicting and graphically verifying the ancient hydrological thresholds through geospatial analysis strategies. Secondly, the hydrological and topographical indicators of the regional environment where the military citadel is located were digitally extracted. Finally, correlation and weight influence calculations were performed for different environmental data. The environmental adaptability characteristics of the site layout of the Ming dynasty-era Zhejiang coastal defense military citadel, based on military defense needs, were obtained. In this way, we promote digital technology for the excavation, conservation and sustainable use of heritage resources.

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Published: 23 February 2022The military and cultural heritage of China is essential to world cultural heritage.The Ming dynasty coastal defense relics are indispensable to China’s Maritime Silk Road heritage application: a concentrated embodiment of Ming dynasty border construction and military thinking
In the results of the calculation of the environmental factor weights of all of the citadels in the Zhejiang region (Table 6), it can be seen that the vertical distance related to the hydrological factor in the holistic area accounted for 53.58%, while the second largest weight was the slope variability, i.e., the planar curvature of the terrain, which reached
From the independence weight analysis of the environmental factors for the coastal defense citadels (Table 7), several environmental factors related to hydrology were observed

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The military and cultural heritage of China is essential to world cultural heritage. The Ming dynasty coastal defense relics are indispensable to China’s Maritime Silk Road heritage application: a concentrated embodiment of Ming dynasty border construction and military thinking. The ancient Chinese coastal defense network was established during the. Ming dynasty and spanned seven regions from the north to the south [1]. After continuous development and improvement during successive Ming dynasties, the sea defense system gradually became a widespread layout pattern, transitioning from coastal to inland areas. It consists of four layers that form an overall military deployment of zoned defense, layered defense and multi-regional collaboration. The first tier is responsible for information collection and transmission, and it includes beacon towers, wayfinding towers and islands

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