The Study of Modern Evolution of Rural Settlement Pattern in Chaoshan - Case Study of Xinhe Village

Abstract:

Rural settlements in Chaoshan area are of distinct regional characteristics, and one of them is the coexistence of different construction fragments of several periods of time.Based on the diachronic analysis of the development of settlement pattern in a village-level, the paper explored the counter-balance between the factors that caused or resisted the changes in settlement pattern during the process of modern development from a multi-subject perspective. With the discussion on the problems indwell in the development, the paper tried to put forward some strategic suggestions for the future development of the rural settlements.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 584-586)
• Pages: 497-500
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.584-586.497
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Ying Pan, Xiao Lan Zhuo
• Keywords: Case Study, Chaoshan, Modern Evolution, Rural Settlement

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