Research on Heritage Conservation and Development of Chinese Ancient Towns and Historic Districts Based on Knowledge Graph Analysis

Historic districts of ancient towns serve as significant carriers of historical and cultural heritage while also being popular tourist destinations. Within the context of urbanization and organic renewal, the protection and development of historic districts have become crucial research topics. This...

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Main Authors: Wu Jin, Hiroatsu Fukuda
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
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description Historic districts of ancient towns serve as significant carriers of historical and cultural heritage while also being popular tourist destinations. Within the context of urbanization and organic renewal, the protection and development of historic districts have become crucial research topics. This study collects literature from the Web of Science database and applies manual screening to ensure relevance to the research theme. Using CiteSpace as an analytical tool, the study conducts a visual analysis from multiple perspectives, including keywords, writing time, authors, centrality, keyword clustering analysis, and timeline visualization. By constructing a knowledge graph, this research explores the key pathways and knowledge nodes in the organic renewal of spatial environments in historic districts of ancient towns. Based on literature clustering, the study categorizes research into four major aspects: heritage conservation, cultural and tourism development, spatial planning and design, and environmental enhancement. Based on this, universal strategies for the cultural and tourism development of historic districts in ancient towns are proposed. The research focus shifts from emphasizing cultural heritage preservation to the integrated development of culture and tourism. In the spatial development of historic districts, everyday life scenes should be incorporated while new technologies should be utilized to enhance environmental comfort. This paper summarizes the current research frontiers in this field and proposes future research trends, providing valuable references for scholars in related areas.
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spelling doaj-art-155fc61664f643e9866e68f02b632b732025-08-20T02:45:34ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092025-07-011514245910.3390/buildings15142459Research on Heritage Conservation and Development of Chinese Ancient Towns and Historic Districts Based on Knowledge Graph AnalysisWu Jin0Hiroatsu Fukuda1Faculty of Environmental and Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 802-8577, JapanFaculty of Environmental and Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 802-8577, JapanHistoric districts of ancient towns serve as significant carriers of historical and cultural heritage while also being popular tourist destinations. Within the context of urbanization and organic renewal, the protection and development of historic districts have become crucial research topics. This study collects literature from the Web of Science database and applies manual screening to ensure relevance to the research theme. Using CiteSpace as an analytical tool, the study conducts a visual analysis from multiple perspectives, including keywords, writing time, authors, centrality, keyword clustering analysis, and timeline visualization. By constructing a knowledge graph, this research explores the key pathways and knowledge nodes in the organic renewal of spatial environments in historic districts of ancient towns. Based on literature clustering, the study categorizes research into four major aspects: heritage conservation, cultural and tourism development, spatial planning and design, and environmental enhancement. Based on this, universal strategies for the cultural and tourism development of historic districts in ancient towns are proposed. The research focus shifts from emphasizing cultural heritage preservation to the integrated development of culture and tourism. In the spatial development of historic districts, everyday life scenes should be incorporated while new technologies should be utilized to enhance environmental comfort. This paper summarizes the current research frontiers in this field and proposes future research trends, providing valuable references for scholars in related areas.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/14/2459ancient townshistoric districtsspatial environmentorganic renewalknowledge graph
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Research on Heritage Conservation and Development of Chinese Ancient Towns and Historic Districts Based on Knowledge Graph Analysis
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ancient towns
historic districts
spatial environment
organic renewal
knowledge graph
title Research on Heritage Conservation and Development of Chinese Ancient Towns and Historic Districts Based on Knowledge Graph Analysis
title_full Research on Heritage Conservation and Development of Chinese Ancient Towns and Historic Districts Based on Knowledge Graph Analysis
title_fullStr Research on Heritage Conservation and Development of Chinese Ancient Towns and Historic Districts Based on Knowledge Graph Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Research on Heritage Conservation and Development of Chinese Ancient Towns and Historic Districts Based on Knowledge Graph Analysis
title_short Research on Heritage Conservation and Development of Chinese Ancient Towns and Historic Districts Based on Knowledge Graph Analysis
title_sort research on heritage conservation and development of chinese ancient towns and historic districts based on knowledge graph analysis
topic ancient towns
historic districts
spatial environment
organic renewal
knowledge graph
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/14/2459
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