The spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors of settlement name cultural landscape from the perspective of ancient waterway:Take the Yuanshui River Basin in Hunan as an example
As the main waterway of military,grain tribute and commerce,ancient waterway has bred settlement names along the route.The names are an important entry point for interpreting the basin culture.It is of great significance to re-examine the culture of basins and the cultural heritage of place names.By using the methods of name layer analysis,ArcGIS,Geographic Detectors and Stepwise Regression,this paper divides the name layer according to the generation,evolution and existence of 233 settlement names in Yuanshui River Basin(hereafter Yuanshui Basin)of Hunan,and discusses its spatiotemporal characteristics and influencing factors.The results reveal that:(1)The names of 233 settlements in Yuanshui Basin are mainly of natural landscape type,with a"beaded strip"distribution along the channel and and characterized by"named hydrology".Cultural landscape type,as the minor part,has a"dense in the west and sparse in the east"distribution pattern along the waterways and ancient roads.(2)Taking generation time as the axis,its evolution process of settlement names reveals the development process of the Yuanshui Basin.The evolution of names generally shows a north-south and east-west changing path.(3)The landscape types of Yuanshui settlement names have been changing in four modes.The settlement names show historical and functional nature.The names along the waterway and post road have strong vitality.(4)The distribution and evolution of the cultural landscape of Yuanshui settlement names is the result of the joint influence of three factors:natural environment,waterway radiation and social development.The settlement names are stable in the area with a distance of 0-13000 m from the wharf,an altitude of 100-400 m,temperature of 18-19℃,precipitation of 1400-1600 mm,population agglomeration,relatively developed economy,and dense navigation channel.The waterway radiation factors have a profound impact on the generation,evolution and existence of settlement names.Based on the natural attributes and cultural trajectories of the Yuanshui waterway,this paper systematically carries out multi-level spatiotemporal sequence and influencing factors research,in order to deepen and enhance the results of place name census,and provide theoretical basis for the systematic protection of cross-regional settlement name cultural heritage in the future.
ancient waterwaycultural landscape of settlement namespatiotemporal evolutioninfluencing factorsname layerYuanshui River Basin in Hunan
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