Creating the Spatial Utilization Pattern of Traditional Villages in the Yellow River by Connecting the Heritage Corridors System with the Assessment of Tourism Potential

Xin Liu, Tangxia Wu, Ziyi Xie, Weijing Yuan and Huan Yang ()
Additional contact information
Xin Liu: College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Tangxia Wu: College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Ziyi Xie: College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Weijing Yuan: College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Huan Yang: College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China

Land, 2025, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-25

Abstract: Traditional villages possess considerable heritage values. Tourism provides an effective way to protect and revitalize the traditional village heritages. Current research has insufficient consideration of tourism potential when constructing the spatial utilization pattern of traditional villages. This study aims to build a spatial utilization pattern of traditional villages within the Yellow River Basin by assessing the tourism potential of each traditional village via the Combined Weight Method and identifying cultural heritage corridors through the application of the Minimum Cumulative Resistance model. The results indicate the following: (1) The traditional villages situated within the Yellow River Basin demonstrate an uneven spatial distribution, with a notable concentration in the middle and lower reaches. (2) The traditional villages located in the middle and lower reaches possess greater tourism potential compared to those found in the upstream, and they are primarily situated in Shanxi and Henan provinces. (3) In light of the cultural attributes, this study proposes a spatial utilization pattern characterized by “four core areas, seven cultural zones, and a three–tiered corridor system”. These findings promote the development of traditional villages while preserving their heritage values, strengthen the communication and integration of regional cultures, and offer practical guidance towards regional coordination and enduring development.

Keywords: the Yellow River Basin; the spatial utilization pattern; tourism potential assessment; heritage corridor; traditional villages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1402/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/7/1402/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jlands:v:14:y:2025:i:7:p:1402-:d:1694338

Access Statistics for this article

Land is currently edited by Ms. Carol Ma

More articles in Land from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().