Study on the Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Traditional Villages in China
The traditional villages existing in China have witnessed the historical changes over thousands of years and are our precious historical heritage.Firstly,this paper analyzes the literature related to traditional villages,proposes four stages of research on traditional Chinese villages,the subjective characteristics of universities,and the regional characteristics relying on universities,and summarizes the geographical limitations of the current research on traditional village.Then,using ArcGIS software,three methods of kernel density analysis,buffer zone analysis,and nearest neighbor analysis are applied to visualize 8 155 traditional villages,and their distribution characteristics are summarized as showing an east-west pattern,water affinity,clustering,and marginal zone features.
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