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2021 , Vol. 10 >Issue 3: 598 - 613

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2021.04.002

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Exploring the spatial pattern of historic Chinese towns and cities: A syntactical approach

  • Pan Liao , 1 ,
  • Ning Gu , 1 ,
  • Rongrong Yu , 2 ,
  • Chris Brisbin , 3
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  • 1. UniSA Creative, IVE Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
  • 2. School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
  • 3. UniSA Creative, CP3 Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Received date: 15 Jan 2021

Accepted date: 22 Mar 2021

Published date: 15 Sep 2021

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2021 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Abstract

This study explores the spatial pattern of Historic Chinese Towns and Cities (HCTC) by using a syntactic approach. The HCTC is an important element of the built environment and exhibits a variety of unique spatial characteristics. Although previous research has been focused on qualitative analysis, a quantitative approach to exploring this issue is scarce, leading to insufficient understanding of the spatial characteristics of HCTC. This study presents a quantitative approach to analyzing the spatial pattern of HCTC by utilizing the space syntax method. Four well-preserved historic towns were selected as case studies, each representing a typical spatial type of historic town in China. A series of mathematical measures from space syntax were used to explore the spatial characteristics of HCTC, facilitating expanded interpretation of traditional Chinese ideologies. Results contribute to a more critical understanding of the spatial pattern of HCTC.

Key words： Historic Chinese towns and cities; Space syntax; Syntactical approach; Star model; Mathematical measure

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Pan Liao , Ning Gu , Rongrong Yu , Chris Brisbin . Exploring the spatial pattern of historic Chinese towns and cities: A syntactical approach[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2021 , 10(3) : 598 -613 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2021.04.002

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