Suitability Evaluation and Layout Optimization of the Spatial Distribution of Rural Residential Areas

Guo, Pengfei; Zhang, Fangfang; Wang, Haiying; Qin, Fen

doi:10.3390/su12062409

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“…Tao identifies economics, population, transportation, terrain elevation, river buffer zone, and ecological variables as factors influencing the geographical distribution characteristics of notable historical and cultural cities and villages in the Yangtze River economic belt [28]. Liu examined the distribution characteristics of rural residential areas under the combined action of natural and geographical factors [29,30]. Ma examined the adaptability of traditional villages by incorporating environmental characteristics such as height, slope, aspect, and river buffer zone, as well as social aspects [31].…”

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Geographical Distribution Characteristics of Ethnic-Minority Villages in Fujian and Their Relationship with Topographic Factors

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Zhao³

et al. 2022

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The geographical distribution characteristics of villages characterised by ethnic minorities are determined by the selection of the site when the village was initially established. The location of inherited and well-preserved minority villages must be exceptionally compatible with the natural terrain, with a logical relationship. Nonetheless, the issue of village location, which is directly related to the development of the features of the geographical distribution, has received little attention from scholars. The average nearest proximity index, Voronoi, kernel density analysis, proximity analysis, and the Geographical Detector (GeoDetector) were used to analyse the geographic distribution characteristics of villages and their correlation with terrain, as well as the difference between the influence of each terrain factor. The findings indicated the following. (1) The geographical distribution of minority villages in Fujian Province is of the agglomeration type, with a significant “mononuclear” feature, and the topography has a facilitating effect on the clustering distribution of villages. (2) The geographical distribution of minority villages in each city of Fujian Province coexisted with the agglomeration type and the dispersion type, and the role of topography in promoting the agglomeration-type distribution of villages was not affected by the distribution density of villages. (3) The site selection of Fujian-minority villages is characterised by medium altitude, moderate slope, sun exposure, and no obvious hydrophilicity. Minority villages are mainly located in areas with an elevation of 202–647 m; a slope of 6–15°; a flat land aspect with a south slope, southeast slope, or southwest slope; and distance of 500–1500 m from 5–20 m wide rivers of level 2. (4) The site selection of Fujian minority villages is influenced by various topographic factors, such as elevation, slope, aspect, river buffer, river width, and river level, among which river width has the most substantial effect. (5) All topographic factors have a two-factor enhancing relationship with each other, aspect and slope have the most substantial effect and play a dominant role in site selection. The research findings illuminate the internal logic of the geographical distribution differentiation of villages characterised by ethnic minorities, which is critical for promoting the protection of modern ethnic-minority villages.

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Geographical Distribution Characteristics of Ethnic-Minority Villages in Fujian and Their Relationship with Topographic Factors

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Zhao³

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“…The scope of land suitability is very wide and can include everything from nature reserves to nuclear power plants [4]. Recent years have seen a great deal of discussion on land use suitability evaluation and related issues and a wide range of research objects, such as suitability evaluations of agricultural land [3,[5][6][7], rural residential areas [8], various land uses [9], site selection of construction land [10], crop planting [11][12][13][14], species habitat [15][16][17], etc.…”

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“…Research methods tend to be diversified and mainly focus on quantitative analysis, including neural networks [5], the minimum cumulative resistance model [8], the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) [11,13,18], Bayesian networks [12], maximum entropy [16], the habitat suitability model [17], fuzzy-logic [14], fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) [19],…”

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Evaluation of Scale Management Suitability Based on the Entropy-TOPSIS Method

Cao

Wei

Xie

2021

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The evaluation of scale management suitability provides a comprehensive assessment of the various factors driving farmland management conditions. This research objectively evaluated the conditions for scale management suitability by applying the entropy-TOPSIS method with the aim of effectively balancing the space for agricultural production, the development of towns, and ecological protection. First, to ensure a balance between agricultural production, urban development, and ecological protection, 13 indexes were selected to represent the following three areas: natural factors, socioeconomic factors, and characteristics of cultivated land factors. The original matrix was standardized to evaluate the suitability of natural resources, the social economy, and cultivated land conditions, and a comprehensive suitability evaluation of scale management in the Jiangjin District of Chongqing was conducted. The research results divide the study area into four regions based on the level of scale management suitability. Examining the spatial distribution, the level of scale management suitability decreased gradually from north to south, regions at the high and middle levels of scale management suitability were concentrated in the northern area beside the Yangtze river, and the regions at a low level were concentrated in the southern mountain area. This research can provide a reference for the rational utilization of land resources and land use policymaking.

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“…Past research on the identification and optimization of the spatial layout of urban and rural settlements has mainly focused on three aspects, namely, the identification and optimization of the macro-scale spatial structure of settlements [13][14][15][16], the classification of development modes [14,[16][17][18], and the optimization of the micro-scale land layout [19][20][21][22]. The present study focuses on the first aspect; that is, it identifies the spatial structure of urban and rural settlements and then constructs an optimized multi-level settlement system.…”

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“…The representative identification methods of this category include the cardinal neighbor gradient method and the local center method [23][24][25]. The optimization method used with this category involves directly selecting central towns and villages based on an evaluation of the capacity for development, and dividing the spheres of influence of central towns and villages using a Voronoi diagram [16,26]. The second category is based on the spatial interaction between settlements.…”

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Identification and Optimization of the Spatial Structure of Urban and Rural Settlements from a Hierarchical Network Perspective

Kong

et al. 2021

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China has entered a new era of comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization and integrated urban–rural development. The identification and optimization of the spatial structure of urban and rural settlements are of great significance to the realization of rural revitalization and integrated urban–rural development. This study proposes a method framework for identifying and optimizing the spatial structure of urban and rural settlements from a hierarchical network perspective. This framework includes three parts—namely, the identification, analysis, and optimization of the hierarchical network structure of these settlements. The identification of this structure is the foundation of this study. To realize the identification, for each settlement, this study finds and retains its strongest interaction with other settlements which have a stronger capacity for development. This study used Hua County in Henan, China, as an example to verify the method framework. Results showed that the spatial structure of the urban and rural settlements in Hua County identified in this study was complete and continuous, with significant hierarchical and community characteristics. Based on this, a five-level optimization system of these settlements was constructed. This study expands the method used to study the spatial structure of urban and rural settlements from the network perspective and has a theoretical and practical significance for the optimization of the spatial structure of these settlements.

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Suitability Evaluation and Layout Optimization of the Spatial Distribution of Rural Residential Areas

Cited by 26 publications

References 20 publications

Geographical Distribution Characteristics of Ethnic-Minority Villages in Fujian and Their Relationship with Topographic Factors

Geographical Distribution Characteristics of Ethnic-Minority Villages in Fujian and Their Relationship with Topographic Factors

Evaluation of Scale Management Suitability Based on the Entropy-TOPSIS Method

Identification and Optimization of the Spatial Structure of Urban and Rural Settlements from a Hierarchical Network Perspective

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