Abstract: Ancient towns are the "living fossils" of ancient civilizations and traditional cultures. As a carrier of historical context, it has accumulated rich cultural connotations in the process of development. In the process of planning and design, we must dig deeply into its history and culture and adopt feasible methods to inject vitality into the cultural inheritance of ancient towns. This is especially important for the connotative construction of cities and towns in China. Facing the challenge of foreign culture, the ancient town such as Hejie, which carries heavy traditional culture, also suffers from the invasion of new culture and the reduction of the living space of traditional culture and excessive homogeneity. Therefore, triggered our thinking on the planning of ancient towns. Based on the concept of "cultural context repair", this paper proposes planning ideas for the ancient town's cultural context system from the point, line and plane scales by using the methods of cultural context repair, infiltration and reconstruction. It is hoped that by "repairing" the ancient town context, the living space of traditional culture of ancient town can be expanded, its competitiveness can be enhanced, and the road to sustainable development can be paved. At the same time, taking Hejie ancestral temple characteristic small town as an example, using the planning idea of context repair to carry out an empirical study, hoping to find a reference planning idea for the development of ancient towns with the same situation. At the same time, it provides theoretical guidance for the development practice of the context of small towns with characteristics in the next stage, and also provides a basis for the formulation of planning policies of small towns with characteristics.Abstract: Ancient towns are the "living fossils" of ancient civilizations and traditional cultures. As a carrier of historical context, it has accumulated rich cultural connotations in the process of development. In the process of planning and design, we must dig deeply into its history and culture and adopt feasible methods to inject vitality into the cultu...Show More
Abstract: In recent years, thermal inequity research has received mounting interest amongst researchers worldwide. The present study aims to conduct a spatiotemporal analysis of thermal inequity in Hong Kong in 2006 and 2016. In this process, the identification of land surface temperature (LST) hotspots and their association with normalised differential vegetation index (NDVI), normalised differential built-up index (NDBI) and social vulnerability index (SoVI) clusters were examined using local Moran’s I spatial autocorrelation. Results show that an increase in the number of LST hotspots from 2006 to 2016 represented the worsening thermal inequity situation in Hong Kong. The low NDVI and high NDBI clusters were respectively discovered in the LST hotspots located in Kowloon and Kwai Tsing. Furthermore, the areas with high LST and high SoVI, represented as the heat vulnerable zones, expanded in the New Territory from 2006 to 2016 but downscaled in Kowloon. Some District Constituency Assembly Areas (DCCAs) in Nam Cheong were found with attributes of high LST, high NDBI, low NDVI and high SoVI in 2006 and 2016. This study concludes that thermal inequity varies spatiotemporally. Recommendations indicate that the socially vulnerable groups in Nam Cheong should be given the highest priority to implement urban heat mitigation and adaptation strategies. The findings will help policymakers to develop and implement proper policies to alleviate thermal inequity in Hong Kong.Abstract: In recent years, thermal inequity research has received mounting interest amongst researchers worldwide. The present study aims to conduct a spatiotemporal analysis of thermal inequity in Hong Kong in 2006 and 2016. In this process, the identification of land surface temperature (LST) hotspots and their association with normalised differential vege...Show More
