Heritage Tourism Development Should Take Care of Industrial Heritage Protection: A Study on the Development Strategy of Industrial Heritage Tourism in Nanjing

Hechi Wang (), Jianwei Ge, Xinxin Chen, Qi Zhou and Kehao Huang
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Hechi Wang: School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Jianwei Ge: School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Xinxin Chen: School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
Qi Zhou: School of Architecture, Architectural History and Theory, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Kehao Huang: School of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-27

Abstract: The tourism development of industrial heritage is an effective way to activate cultural heritage and can provide new solutions for the renewal and protection of industrial heritage. This study focuses on the industrial heritage in Nanjing, aiming to explore its spatial distribution pattern, tourism development strategy, and sustainable development model. This study adopts a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods. First, relevant information on 93 sites of industrial heritage type historic buildings in Nanjing is collected. Secondly, ArcGIS was used to visualize the evolution of industrial buildings and the spatial distribution of industrial heritage type historic buildings. Finally, the spatial analysis tools of ArcGIS and the accessibility analysis method in space syntax theory are superimposed to comprehensively analyze the spatial distribution pattern and traffic accessibility characteristics of Nanjing’s industrial heritage. The research results propose a specific plan to promote the value transformation of industrial heritage through tourism: based on the spatial distribution characteristics of Nanjing’s industrial heritage along the water system and traffic arteries, a tourist route of “multi-point, two-axis, one-center” is planned; the tourism development strategy of “point protrusion, linear links, and surface darning” is implemented; and a sustainable development model under the guidance of low-carbon environmental protection goals is explored. This study provides a reference for the protective development of industrial heritage and the expansion of tourism and opens up a new perspective for the regeneration and planning of other urban heritage.

Keywords: industrial heritage; tourism development; spatial distribution; sustainable development; conservation and planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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