{"title":"Multiple Bayesian models approach to assessing drivers of cultural heritage spatial distribution illustrated Lushan County in China","authors":"Yuxi Liu, Xinyu Du, Yu Bai, Qibing Chen, Dong Liu","doi":"10.1038/s40494-025-01941-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Cultural heritage carries the material and cultural connotations of various historical periods. This study uses Bayesian modelling to assess the drivers on the spatial distribution of cultural heritage in Lushan County. The findings reveal that, first, the hierarchical Bayesian model effectively captures the heterogeneity of the drivers across heritage types and quantifies the variations in their intensities. Second, the spatial distribution shows a “south-dense, north-sparse” pattern. At the overall level, elevation, distance from settlements, and distance from cultural centers have a significant negative effect on heritage density, while distance from geological hazard sites has a significant positive effect. Third, social drivers exert a significantly greater effect than natural drivers, with their effect strengthening over time. Fourth, the significance of the regression coefficients, and the strength and direction of each driver’s effect, vary across different heritage types. These results provide data-driven methodological and theoretical references for cultural heritage research.","PeriodicalId":19270,"journal":{"name":"npj Materials Degradation","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-01941-2.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"npj Materials Degradation","FirstCategoryId":"0","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-025-01941-2","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Cultural heritage carries the material and cultural connotations of various historical periods. This study uses Bayesian modelling to assess the drivers on the spatial distribution of cultural heritage in Lushan County. The findings reveal that, first, the hierarchical Bayesian model effectively captures the heterogeneity of the drivers across heritage types and quantifies the variations in their intensities. Second, the spatial distribution shows a “south-dense, north-sparse” pattern. At the overall level, elevation, distance from settlements, and distance from cultural centers have a significant negative effect on heritage density, while distance from geological hazard sites has a significant positive effect. Third, social drivers exert a significantly greater effect than natural drivers, with their effect strengthening over time. Fourth, the significance of the regression coefficients, and the strength and direction of each driver’s effect, vary across different heritage types. These results provide data-driven methodological and theoretical references for cultural heritage research.
期刊介绍:
npj Materials Degradation considers basic and applied research that explores all aspects of the degradation of metallic and non-metallic materials. The journal broadly defines ‘materials degradation’ as a reduction in the ability of a material to perform its task in-service as a result of environmental exposure.
The journal covers a broad range of topics including but not limited to:
-Degradation of metals, glasses, minerals, polymers, ceramics, cements and composites in natural and engineered environments, as a result of various stimuli
-Computational and experimental studies of degradation mechanisms and kinetics
-Characterization of degradation by traditional and emerging techniques
-New approaches and technologies for enhancing resistance to degradation
-Inspection and monitoring techniques for materials in-service, such as sensing technologies