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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (8): 1431-1442.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2024.062

• Regional Development • Previous Articles    

Evaluation of symbiotic coordination and interaction between settlement development and cultural inheritance of traditional villages in Guanzhong

RAN Xinyi(), WEI Fengqun(), MA Wenshuo, YANG Leijie   

  1. School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2024-01-26 Revised:2024-05-25 Online:2024-08-25 Published:2024-09-02
  • Contact: WEI Fengqun E-mail:ranxinyi@snnu.edu.cn;weifengqun@snnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Traditional villages possess the unique attributes of rural settlements and living heritage. This study examines 14 typical traditional villages in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, China using a symbiotic perspective to construct an evaluation index system for assessing the interplay between settlement development and cultural inheritance. By employing the K-modes clustering model, we categorized these villages and utilized partial least squares regression to analyze their interactions. The findings reveal that the overall symbiosis level between settlement development and cultural inheritance in the case villages is at a “primary” stage, with both elements exhibiting lower levels of development; however, cultural inheritance is notably more unbalanced. Key impediments to settlement development include a lack of population vitality and economic progression, while challenges to cultural inheritance stem from inadequate preservation of physical spaces and insufficient utilization of traditional cultural revitalization efforts. More than half of the case villages fall into the balanced symbiosis category, followed by the internalization and enhancement category, with a minority being cultural tourism-oriented. The interactions between settlement development and cultural inheritance include both positive incentives and negative inhibitions, with positive influences predominating. This research provides a theoretical framework and technological support for fostering symbiotic and coordinated development between settlement enhancement and cultural heritage in traditional villages.

Key words: traditional villages, settlement development, cultural inheritance, symbiotic evaluation, interaction, partial least squares regression