Spatial Layout and Coupling of Urban Cultural Relics: Analyzing Historical Sites and Commercial Facilities in District III of Shaoxing

Xuewen Zhou, Xiaoxia Zhang, Zhimei Dai, Roosmayri Lovina Hermaputi, Chen Hua and Yonghua Li
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Xuewen Zhou: Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Xiaoxia Zhang: Department of Architecture, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
Zhimei Dai: Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Roosmayri Lovina Hermaputi: Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Chen Hua: Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Yonghua Li: Department of Regional and Urban Planning, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: Exploring the spatial coupling relationship between cultural relics and historic sites and their surroundings can provide reasonable suggestions for the layout and development of commercial facilities and hold crucial significance for improving the management and maintenance of cultural relics and historical sites, as well as enhancing their attractiveness to the public. We chose District III of Shaoxing City as the research area based on the point of interest and road network data. This study analyzed the scale and accessibility of cultural relics and historic sites (CRHSs) as well as their surrounding commercial facilities, and then objectively evaluated their spatial layout and coupling relationship by employing kernel density estimation, standard deviation ellipse, network analysis, inverse distance weight and the spatial correlation analysis method. The results show that: (1) from the perspective of spatial layout, the distribution of CRHSs has a positive and strong correlation with the distribution of road networks; (2) there are noticeable variations in the number of industrial facilities surrounding various CRHSs, closely related to the protection grade of CRHSs; (3) the accessibility of commercial facilities surrounding CRHS varies significantly—commercial facilities surrounding CRHSs located within central District III of Shaoxing City have good accessibility, whereas those of the peripheral areas have comparatively poor accessibility; and (4) the accessibility of commercial facilities surrounding CRHSs in different administrative districts varies, showing an extremely uneven pattern.

Keywords: cultural relics and historic sites; commercial facilities; spatial coupling; spatial layout; POI; accessibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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