Agglomeration phenomena and evolutionary patterns of contemporary architectural interventions in traditional villages: An empirical analysis from 211 cases in Songyang County, China

IF 7 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI:10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103571

Yue Kaijian (岳楷键) , Yin Congjian (尹从鉴) , Shan Jun (单军)

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Abstract

This study investigates the agglomeration phenomena and evolutionary patterns of contemporary architectural interventions (CAI) in traditional Chinese villages (TCV) by 211 projects across 78 villages in Songyang County, China. Spatiotemporal clustering analysis reveals a significant polycentric annular structure with CAI concentrated in mountainous areas near the county seat. Tourism-related CAIs exhibit stronger agglomeration than cultural and educational ones, reflecting differentiated spatial behaviors based on market orientation. Through DBSCAN and ST-DBSCAN algorithms, six clustering typologies (None, Isolated Punctiform, Scattered Punctiform, Isolated Colony, Confluent Colony, and Confluence) and five evolutionary processes (Budding, Cultivation, Spillover, Convergence and Atrophy) are identified. These agglomeration phenomena demonstrate strong associations with transportation accessibility, project typologies, and patterns of investment and governance, and they are shaped by the interaction of policy incentives, market forces, and social initiatives. Findings confirm industrial agglomeration theory's applicability to rural architectural interventions, highlighting marketization as the core driving force. Large-scale clusters exhibit stronger resilience against external shocks, while small-scale clusters face higher atrophy risks. This study proposes a “Dynamic Evolution Model” to describe the spatial agglomeration mechanisms underlying CAIs in TCVs, which provides crucial insights for balancing heritage protection and development needs. It recommends more policy guidance for rural industrial agglomeration, more gradual and sustained interventions and deeper scholarly focus on site selection strategies, and data-sharing systems. These conclusions provide actionable references for investors' decision and architects' design practices, and demonstrate significant implications for achieving sustainable traditional rural settlements.

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传统村落当代建筑干预的集聚现象与演化模式——基于松阳县211个案例的实证分析

本研究以松阳县78个村落的211个项目为研究对象，探讨中国传统村落（TCV）中当代建筑干预（CAI）的集聚现象及其演化模式。时空聚类分析显示，CAI具有明显的多中心环状结构，集中在县城附近的山区。旅游类CAIs的集聚性强于文教类CAIs，反映出基于市场导向的差异化空间行为。通过DBSCAN和ST-DBSCAN算法，确定了6种聚类类型（无、孤立点状、分散点状、孤立群体、合流群体和合流）和5种进化过程（萌芽、培养、溢出、收敛和萎缩）。这些集聚现象与交通可达性、项目类型、投资和治理模式密切相关，并由政策激励、市场力量和社会举措的相互作用形成。研究结果证实了产业集聚理论对乡村建筑干预的适用性，强调市场化是核心驱动力。大规模集群对外部冲击表现出更强的抵御能力，而小规模集群面临更高的萎缩风险。本研究提出了一个“动态演化模型”来描述TCVs中CAIs的空间集聚机制，为平衡遗产保护与发展需求提供了重要的见解。报告建议加强对农村产业集聚的政策指导，采取更渐进和持续的干预措施，并进一步关注选址策略和数据共享系统。这些结论为投资者的决策和建筑师的设计实践提供了可操作的参考，并对实现传统乡村住区的可持续发展具有重要意义。

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10.50

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10.30%

发文量

151

审稿时长

38 days

期刊介绍： Habitat International is dedicated to the study of urban and rural human settlements: their planning, design, production and management. Its main focus is on urbanisation in its broadest sense in the developing world. However, increasingly the interrelationships and linkages between cities and towns in the developing and developed worlds are becoming apparent and solutions to the problems that result are urgently required. The economic, social, technological and political systems of the world are intertwined and changes in one region almost always affect other regions.