RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF THE STREET SPACE OF CITY: A CASE STUDY OF THE BLOCK OF CONFUCIUS TEMPLE OF NANJING
ZHOU Wei1, HUANG Zhen-fang2
1. School of Economics and Management, Nanjing Institute of Industry Technology, Nanjing 210023, China;
2. College of Geographical Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
Abstract With the quick development of globalization and urbanization, the original and ecological environment and the atmosphere of the cultural life of the street space of city began to degenerate, the city memory was constantly missing, the crisis of city including convergence and homogenization appeared. Therefore, combined with the methods of cognitive map, oral interview and GIS spatial statistical analysis, the paper selected the block of Confucius Temple of Nanjing as the typical case, made the empirical study of collective memory of the street space of city and revealed the characteristics of collective memory of the residents' of the street space of the case. The results displayed that the memory drafts of the residents of the case could be classified into three main types including node type, path type and area type. There were some structural difference about the quantity and level of the memory drafts. Overall, the level of collective memory of the residents of the case was lower. In addition, the different types and contents of the factors of urban memory had the different impacts on collective memory of the residents. Moreover, the results of the spatial analysis revealed that there was the decreasing law of the spatial distribution of collective memory of the residents of the case such as aura area, secondary aura area, buffer area, blind spot zone, etc. This phenomenon could be caused by the missing of the concept of urban design for civilians. The street space was the important part of the public space of the city. It had the specific historic connotation and the spirit of the place.
2016, Vol. 31 
