Co-Construction Mechanisms of Spatial Encoding and Communicability in Culture-Featured Districts—A Case Study of Harbin Central Street

Hehui Zhu and Chunyu Pang ()
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Hehui Zhu: School of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Chunyu Pang: School of Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 15, 1-24

Abstract: During the transition of culture-featured district planning from static conservation to innovation-driven models, existing research remains constrained by mechanistic paradigms, reducing districts to functional containers and neglecting human perceptual interactions and meaning-production mechanisms. This study explores and quantifies the generative mechanisms of spatial communicability and cultural dissemination efficacy within human-centered frameworks. Grounded in humanistic urbanism, we analyze Harbin Central Street as a case study integrating historical heritage with contemporary vitality, developing a tripartite communicability assessment framework comprising perceptual experience, infrastructure utility, and behavioral dynamics. Machine learning-based threshold analysis reveals that spatial encoding elements govern communicability through significant nonlinear mechanisms. The conclusion shows synergies between street view-quantified greenery visibility and pedestrian accessibility establish critical human-centered design thresholds. Spatial data analysis integrating physiologically sensed emotional experiences and topologically analyzed spatial morphology resolves metric fragmentation while examining spatial encoding’s impact on interaction efficacy. This research provides data-driven decision support for sustainable urban renewal and enhanced cultural dissemination, advancing heritage sustainability.

Keywords: culture-featured district; communicability; spatial information encoding; street view images; spatial data analysis; cultural dissemination; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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