Analysis Methods for Landscapes and Features of Traditional Villages Based on Digital Technology—The Example of Puping Village in Zhangzhou

Liangliang Wang, Yixin Wang, Wencan Huang and Jie Han ()
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Liangliang Wang: School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361001, China
Yixin Wang: School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361001, China
Wencan Huang: School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361001, China
Jie Han: School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361001, China

Land, 2024, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-21

Abstract: Many traditional villages have been degraded to a certain extent due to urbanization and out-of-control management. In addition, due to the lack of recognition and continuation of spatial texture in some village conservation and planning that, in turn, resulting in the gradual disappearance of their distinctive landscape feature. Studying the spatial form of traditional villages helps preserve the authenticity of traditional villages as cultural landscape and inherits traditional historical characteristics. Using Puping Village in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province as an example, this paper obtains the integrated information data of the village through UAV oblique photography, classifies and extracts the spatial constitution of the traditional village using digital technology, quantitatively analyses it from macroscopic to microscopic, and summarizes the spatial morphology analysis method of the traditional village. The results demonstrate that digital technology can effectively and accurately complete data collection and can provide an objective basis for zoning conservation of traditional villages based on the distinction between new and historic buildings. In addition, digital information collection on the traditional villages landscape features will prepare for the establishment of a database and comparative analysis in the future. We further suggest that digital technology analysis needs to be combined with traditional methods to have a deeper understanding of the formation process of village spatial morphology. The results of the practice in Puping Village show that the use of digital technology can provide a scientific basis for the protection and planning of traditional villages, and that this method is adaptable, which can help to efficiently collect and analyze data on landscape characteristics of other similar villages in China, and support innovative methodologies and technologies for China’s rural revitalization efforts.

Keywords: digital technology; traditional village; spatial form; tilt photography; Puping Village (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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