Abstract
Exploring the spatial coupling relationship between cultural relics and historic sites and their surroundings can provide reasonable suggestions for the layout and development of commercial facilities and hold crucial significance for improving the management and maintenance of cultural relics and historical sites, as well as enhancing their attractiveness to the public. We chose District III of Shaoxing City as the research area based on the point of interest and road network data. This study analyzed the scale and accessibility of cultural relics and historic sites (CRHSs) as well as their surrounding commercial facilities, and then objectively evaluated their spatial layout and coupling relationship by employing kernel density estimation, standard deviation ellipse, network analysis, inverse distance weight and the spatial correlation analysis method. The results show that: (1) from the perspective of spatial layout, the distribution of CRHSs has a positive and strong correlation with the distribution of road networks; (2) there are noticeable variations in the number of industrial facilities surrounding various CRHSs, closely related to the protection grade of CRHSs; (3) the accessibility of commercial facilities surrounding CRHS varies significantly—commercial facilities surrounding CRHSs located within central District III of Shaoxing City have good accessibility, whereas those of the peripheral areas have comparatively poor accessibility; and (4) the accessibility of commercial facilities surrounding CRHSs in different administrative districts varies, showing an extremely uneven pattern.
Highlights
Introduction iationsCultural relics and historic sites (CRHSs) [1] refer to natural regions and cultural heritage sites bearing witness to significant social change and historical events, common assets of all humankind
Among three categories of commercial facilities, cultural relics and historic sites (CRHSs) have the strongest correlation with Entertainment, indicating that the spatial distribution of the two is the highest
This paper puts forward the research framework of spatial coupling relationships between different functional elements of cities
Summary
Cultural relics and historic sites (CRHSs) [1] refer to natural regions and cultural heritage sites bearing witness to significant social change and historical events, common assets of all humankind. To endow CRHSs with a longer life cycle and to adapt them for the modern urban context, protective development [2] has long been employed as a practical approach to both carry out adequate protection for a historical relic or site and exploit its commercial value [3]. Historical sites are commonly open to the public as sightseeing spots to attract tourists, a promising method to establish a self-sufficient protection mode for CRHSs. The post-socialist process of urban restructuring contains remnants of former historical epochs in addition to important spatial, social and economic development triggers important transformations which remain palpable in the everyday experience of urban life, spatial patterns, and even in the internal structures of a city [4].
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