Buddhist heritage landscape evolution of Mount Wutai: a path dependence approach

Wenhui Wang, Zixian Lu, Zhuting Zhang, Jianqin Zhou and Zhiqiang Gong

Landscape Research, 2024, vol. 49, issue 4, 527-539

Abstract: An adequate understanding about the evolutionary process, mechanism and influencing factors of cultural landscapes is crucial for their efficient preservation and sustainable development. The theoretical framework of self-reinforcing sequence in path dependence analysis appears applicable but has not yet been well explored as a tool for broader historical landscape analysis like the evolution of cultural landscapes that may last thousands of years. Within such a framework, an empirical case of Buddhist heritage landscape of Mount Wutai is used to account for the institutional genesis, reproduction and change associated with landscape evolution over time. The findings suggest the framework provides an essential toolkit to reveal the specific ways in which path dependence shapes the evolutionary trajectories of cultural landscapes and, based on that, to detect management options that steer development and change of cultural landscapes into a direction that aligns with desired outcomes.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2024.2317728

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