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| THE HISTORICAL SPACE-TIME CHARACTERISTICS OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS UNDER THE CONTINUITY PERSPECTIVE——A Case Study of Lianzhou |
| REN Hui-zi, CAO Xiao-shu, LI Dan |
| Department of Geography Science and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China |
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Abstract Taking Lianzhou county-level city at northwest of Guangdong province as survey region, and using historical toponyms information and other related historical materials, and applying Geography Information System(GIS) spatial analysis method, this research discusses the historical space-time patterns and evolution research of rural settlements under the continuity perspective. This research shows that rural settlements of Lianzhou settled as early as the Han Dynasty. In terms of time, rural settlements were firstly appeared at Lianzhou town region. It then spread to the middle, northeast and west of Lianzhou through historical transportation lines. According to the statistics analysis of rural settlements quantity increasing at different period we can find that it has such following time distribution features: first, the quantity of rural settlements continued growth during the whole period, but from the early Ming Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty the growth incidence was the highest; second, new rural settlements appeared at every period, but concentrated on Ming and Qing Dynasty, especially in the middle of Ming Dynasty the quantity of new rural settlements came to a peak. Moreover, this paper restored the historical transportation network and markets distribution of survey region, and also divided migration factors into province migration and domestic migration at each period in order to support the influencing factors mentioned above. Based on the continuity characteristic, deeply understanding the space-time patterns and influencing factors and also what is "change" or "not change" of rural settlements during the historical period is very important to comprehend the spatial pattern and spatial-economic-social structures of rural settlement in nowadays.
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Received: 09 November 2011
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2012, Vol. 27 
