The diagnosis of worn texture in urban villages—Case study: Lalejin urban village

Abstract

The present study examines the effectiveness of the physical parameters of micro-density, impermeability, and instability in the diagnosis of worn texture in urban villages. The transformation of every village into a city causes hundreds of small and large changes in the urban space and the lifestyle of its inhabitants. With the increasing influx of migrants from surrounding villages into urban villages, there is an urgent need for more accurate management of deteriorating areas. To preserve the character of such places as a heritage and examine their condition and the damage incurred, it is necessary to precisely identify the worn textures as a first step towards addressing these challenges. The urban village of Lalejin, as the statistical population of the study, is a clear example of such failed transformation, as it has lost most of its agricultural land and yet has remained underdeveloped in urban construction. While there have been several studies on the status of the worn texture, there are major concerns regarding the validity of the physical parameters involved. This research aims to take a strategic approach to studying the desired texture and to investigate the three parameters of micro-density, impermeability, and instability. Subsequently, the strategy to recognize the worn-out texture in rural–urban regions was extrapolated. The developed strategy in this study can be further generalized to all urban villages and shows how to determine the degree of deterioration in rural–urban areas using three physical parameters: micro-density, impermeability, and instability. The results specify the conditions and formulas necessary for such assessment.