Sustainability Assessment of Cultural Heritage in Shandong Province

Aihui Jiang, Jun Cai, Fulong Chen (), Baolei Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Qiaoyun Xie and Sisi Yu ()
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Aihui Jiang: College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Jun Cai: College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Fulong Chen: Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Baolei Zhang: College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Zhiwei Wang: School of Surveying and Geo-Infomatics, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
Qiaoyun Xie: School of Life Science, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
Sisi Yu: Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-19

Abstract: Although the sustainability of cultural heritage plays important roles in the inheritance of humans’ civilization and history, assessments of such fields is still limited. In this paper, the spatiotemporal analysis method and coupling coordination model were applied to assess the sustainability of cultural heritage in Shandong Province. Results show that (1) the National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units (“cultural units“ hereinafter) of Shandong Province have obvious convergence of spatiotemporal and city distribution; (2) although the tourism response degree of each city vary greatly, their tourism income exhibits positive correlation (i.e., correlation coefficient reaches 0.6639) with cultural units; (3) the coordination between cultural units, capital inputs, and tourism income in different cities is different, mainly shows three levels of well coordination (Jinan, Jining, Qingdao, Yantai, Weifang, and Zibo), general coordination (Zaozhuang, Weihai, Tai’an, Liaocheng, Heze, Linyi, and Rizhao), and poor coordination (Dezhou, Binzhou, and Dongying). These findings imply that the SDGs 11.4.1 is an effective indicator to promote the sustainable development of cultural heritage. However, there are still shortcomings at the city level, and the distribution of heritage and tourism response in the area should be considered in the future.

Keywords: cultural heritage; tourism development; capital input; sustainability; Shandong province (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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