A CASE STUDY OF THE PUBLICITY OF EXTERNAL SPACES IN BEIJING'S HISTORIC DISTRICTS
The external space in historic districts is an important public space for social life,but nowadays there are many cases of private encroachment on such space,which are often hard to be prohibited.The external space of the 166-meter Hutong area in the west section of Shangxiejie Street in the Old City of Beijing is selected as a typical case,and the detailed research and mapping of the current encroachment status are conducted first,and then the spatial delineation is carried out based on the original function of the plan,the current use situation,and the public sentiment feedback,so as to analyze the public characteristics of the area in terms of three dimensions:functionality,right to use,and perception.The external space of 0.24 ha is divided into 45 spatial units of 7 categories from the functional dimension,42 spatial units of 6 categories from the right-to-use dimension,and 51 spatial units of 6 categories from the perception dimension,and the degree of publicity of each dimension is evaluated into 1-4 levels based on the criteria of service scope,encroachment rate,and subjective perception.By superimposing the spatial units of each dimension and the publicity evaluation results,a total of 71 comprehensive spatial units are obtained,and then 16 categories of typical external spaces are summarized to make clear the characteristics and propose improvement suggestions.Through the investigation and analysis of typical cases of private encroachment on the external space of historic districts,this paper explores the complex publicity problems of China's urban historic districts,and provides references for urban renewal and social governance.
publicityurban regenerationhistoric districtexternal spacepublic spacethe Old City of Beijing