Features of architectural landscape fragmentation in traditional villages in Western Hunan, China.

ABSTRACT: With rapid industrialization and urbanization in China, inadequate preservation of traditional architecture coupled with natural deterioration have led to the fragmentation of architectural landscapes. Drawing from ecological fragmentation research in landscape ecology, we consider the cultural landscape as our research object, viewing buildings as landscape patches, and determine a system for measuring architectural landscape fragmentation in traditional villages. The study shows the degree of landscape fragmentation can reveal the characteristics of traditional villages and the process of regional modernization. The results are as follows: (1) From the perspective of landscape diversity, the study area was rich in landscape types in all dimensions, and the relative evenness index was hig

SUBMITTER: Zeng C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10616068 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature