Research on the spatial patterns of commercial old streets based on space syntax and text semantic analysis

Abstract

At present, commercial old streets have become common tourist products in various places, including the transformation of original streets and the newly-built antique streets, but the actual operation conditions vary, which needs quantitative evaluation and analysis. This article selects two representative cases of Taizhou, Jiangsu—Daohe Ancient Street and Taizhou Old Street, uses space syntax to interpret the spatial structure characteristics from various indicators and performs text semantic analysis on the online review texts of the two to obtain the spatial cognition and spatial perception of tourists to summarize the characteristics of the spatial patterns of the two types of commercial old streets, it is found that the traditional street space structure is complex but the attractions are rich in connotation, the newly-built street space is easy to perceive but the spatial level is relatively simple, and the spatial contradictions are potential spaces to be studied. Finally, strategies to improve the spatial characteristics of the commercial old streets are put forward.