THE SPATIAL PATTERN EVOLUTION AND DRIVING MECHANISM ANALYSIS OF YUXIAN RURAL SETTLEMENTS BASED ON GIS
SONG Xiao-ying1, LI Ren-jie1,2, FU Xue-qing1,2, ZHANG Jun-hai1,2
1. College of Resources and Environment Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, China;
2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Ecological Construction, Shijiazhuang 050016, China
Abstract：Taking Yuxian at northwest of Hebei province as survey region, using historical toponyms information and other historical materials, and applying GIS kernel density estimation method, this article researches the spatial pattern evolution characteristics of Yuxian rural settlements from the Shang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. This research shows that rural settlements of Yuxian settled as early as Shang Dynasty. On the space, rural settlements were firstly appeared at Daiwangcheng town region. It then spread to the southwest and northeast of Yuxian along the Huliu River. According to the statistics analysis of rural settlements quantity increasing in different periods, we can find that the quantity of rural settlements continued growth during the whole period and the growth incidence of Ming Dynasty was the highest. New rural settlements appeared at every period, but concentrated on Ming and Qing Dynasty, especially in the Ming Dynasty the quantity of new rural settlements came to a peak. By the spatial visualization,we find that the characteristic of overall pattern evolution is by the centralized distribution to random distribution, meanwhile, in the evolution process formed regional spatial structure of four different stages.In different historical periods, the high density area of rural settlements spatial distribution is concentrated on the central plain district and the smaller density area is distributed in the mountains district in the southern of Yuxian. The research indicates that kernel density estimation method can show preferable settlements spatial pattern and analyze settlements evolution at different historical stages.
宋晓英, 李仁杰, 傅学庆, 张军海. 基于GIS的蔚县乡村聚落空间格局演化与驱动机制分析[J]. 人文地理, 2015, 30(3): 79-84.
SONG Xiao-ying, LI Ren-jie, FU Xue-qing, ZHANG Jun-hai. THE SPATIAL PATTERN EVOLUTION AND DRIVING MECHANISM ANALYSIS OF YUXIAN RURAL SETTLEMENTS BASED ON GIS. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2015, 30(3): 79-84.
