Toponym mapping: a case for distribution of ethnic groups and landscape features in Guangdong, China

Qian, Siwei; Kang, Mengjun; Wang, Min

doi:10.1080/17445647.2016.1201017

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“…The use of toponym information in several studies reflects ethnic characteristics and changes in topography and land use. The principal component analysis (PCA) method is used to determine the past racial groups, using population data from the current dialects of contemporary ethnic groups, trend surface analysis, spatial clustering, and study of the minority populations using Kriging interpolation migration, as well as the historical evolution of the local landscape characteristics [17]. Previous scholars have studied the distribution and the structure of the Manchu eight banners for the major ethnic groups in Northeast China, while county-level toponyms are divided into those from Manchu and those from Manchu autonomous region, and the geographical distribution of each group and the spatial pattern of toponyms of Manchu, Mongol, and Han were divided by kernel density estimation [2].…”

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Spatial-Temporal Characteristic Analysis of Ethnic Toponyms Based on Spatial Information Entropy at the Rural Level in Northeast China

Zhao

Yao

Luan

et al. 2020

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As a symbol language, toponyms have inherited the unique local historical culture in the long process of historical development. As the birthplace of Manchu, there are many toponyms originated from multi-ethnic groups (e.g., Manchu, Mongol, Korean, Hui, and Xibe) in Northeast China which possess unique cultural connotations. This study aimed to (1) establish a spatial-temporal database of toponyms in Northeast China using a multi-source data set, and identify their ethnic types and origin times; and (2) explore the geographical distribution characteristics of ethnic toponyms and the evolution of rural settlements by comparing the spatial analysis and spatial information entropy methods. The results found that toponyms reflect not only the spatial distribution characteristics of the density and direction of ethnic groups, but also the migration law of rural settlements. Results also confirm that toponyms contain unique cultural connotations and provide a theoretical basis for the protection and promotion of the cultural connotations of toponyms. This research provides an entropic perspective and method for exploring the spatial-temporal evolutionary characteristics of ethnic groups and toponym mapping.

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Spatial-Temporal Characteristic Analysis of Ethnic Toponyms Based on Spatial Information Entropy at the Rural Level in Northeast China

Zhao

Yao

Luan

et al. 2020

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“…The data was entered into the analysis in the form of a matrix of Euclidean distances obtained from ArcGIS: the nearest neighbour method was used for this analysis, as it gradually clusters the points with the closest distances. The authors' focus of interest, after the clusters had been created, was whether the relative representation of the individual place names (the place names relating to extinct ponds comprised one category) in the clusters was similar Derungs and Purves, 2016;Luo et al, 2000;Qian et al, 2016;Wang et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2014). The methods of the Floating Catchment Area (FCA) with the search window set at 10 km and a Kernel density for the set of place names outside of the "NA" category were used.…”

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Discovering extinct water bodies in the landscape of Central Europe using toponymic GIS

Frajer

Fiedor

2018

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Due to global climate change and anthropogenic pressures on the landscape, one of the current geographical problems is retention of water in agricultural landscapes. One possibility to tackle this issue is the construction of artificial water bodies, which has historical traditions in the form of fishponds in Central European landscapes. Unfortunately, many such water bodies were transformed into arable lands during the 18th and 19th centuries. In this study, the identification and spatial distribution of these extinct water bodies is subject to examination, using place names in a GIS environment. Some 375 place names were selected from the official database of place names in the Czech Republic. This set of names was compared to current maps, as well as to old maps from the Habsburg monarchy from 1783–1880 (1st, 2nd and 3rd Military Survey). The map resources were used to find out if a place name was related to an extinct fishpond, and in which period the pond ceased to exist. Using spatial statistics, the existence of areas with a high concentration of place names referring to extinct ponds is demonstrated. It has also been established that areas linked to fishpond extinction in the same period now face more frequent droughts. Thus, the set of place names can be used to identify not only extinct water bodies, but also to serve as being potentially useful in other analyses using GIS, as well as in the public sphere (reclamation).

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“…Generally, toponymic research has focused on using toponyms to interpret land use changes, reconstruct historical land use, and analyze traditional practices [6,19,20], on constructing a database of historical and contemporary toponyms based on a genealogy GIS [21], on using toponyms to reveal climate changes [22], on analyzing the spatial distribution features of toponyms based on GIS, containing rural toponyms, dialectic toponyms, and ethnic minority language toponyms [23][24][25][26], on utilizing GIS technology to analyze toponymic landscapes [7,[27][28][29]. As a kind of "living heritages", toponyms storing data of local cultures and languages can act as a proxy for past situations and supply insight into the heritages of a certain region [6,23,[30][31][32][33][34].…”

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The Sustainable Development of Choronymic Cultural Landscapes in China Based on Geo-Informatic Tupu

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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As a part of cultural landscapes, toponyms with abundant cultural connotations and a long history are valuable cultural heritage assets. Choronyms not only reflect natural and social phenomena but also help with relevant management and naming work. In order to explore the historical development sequence of choronymic cultural landscape evolution, we analyze the spatial–temporal pattern evolution, spatial–temporal variation, spatial association, and semantic evolution of choronymic cultural landscapes since the Qin dynasty. We adopt the sequent snapshot model and an event-based state amendment model to establish a spatio-temporal database. That can provide decision supports and theoretical reference for the sustainable development of toponymic landscapes. Results indicate the following: (1) Spatial distribution of toponym density has been different since the Qin dynasty. The cores of toponym density spread from the middle-lower reaches of the Yellow River to Yangtze Plain, Chengdu Plain, Pearl River Delta Plain. (2) Spatial distribution of choronyms is agglomerative since the Qin dynasty and uneven at national and provincial scales since the Yuan dynasty. Temporal distribution of toponyms at different levels is centralized. (3) Spatial agglomeration phenomena of toponyms are positively clustered in nine periods. The Ming dynasty presents the largest degree of spatial aggregation. (4) Words relevant to blessings, orientation, and hydrological features have high proportions in the top 20 words. (5) Spatial distribution of county-level choronyms named over the last 1000 years and “Millennium Ancient Counties” are unbalanced at national and provincial scales.

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Toponym mapping: a case for distribution of ethnic groups and landscape features in Guangdong, China

Cited by 24 publications

References 13 publications

Spatial-Temporal Characteristic Analysis of Ethnic Toponyms Based on Spatial Information Entropy at the Rural Level in Northeast China

Spatial-Temporal Characteristic Analysis of Ethnic Toponyms Based on Spatial Information Entropy at the Rural Level in Northeast China

Discovering extinct water bodies in the landscape of Central Europe using toponymic GIS

The Sustainable Development of Choronymic Cultural Landscapes in China Based on Geo-Informatic Tupu

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