Author(s)

Zhefeng Lin ¹, Jiangang Xu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

Corresponding Author

Jiangang Xu

ABSTRACT

In the context of cultural confidence, the new development stage of the era puts forward new requirements for the protection, renewal, and development of historical cities. This paper attempts to adopt the perspective of cultural genes, introducing the concept of cultural genes. Through the evolutionary characteristics of urban historical landscape space, it explores the inherent principles of cultural gene generation. A cultural gene map is constructed from both material and non-material culture. Based on the analysis of the cultural gene map, it is divided into three categories: primitive genes, replicative genes, and variant genes. According to these three gene types, three paths of cultural gene inheritance are proposed: gene protection, gene implantation, and gene recombination. Using the inheritance mechanism of cultural genes, this study takes Changting, a national historical and cultural city, as an empirical object, guiding the organic renewal of historical and cultural cities and providing scientific decision-making basis and reference for the planning and development of historical and cultural cities.

KEYWORDS

Cultural Genetics, Historic Urban Landscape, Famous City Preservation, Urban Renewal, Changting

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhefeng Lin, Jiangang Xu, Research on the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Urban Historical Landscapes from the Perspective of Cultural Genes: A Case Study of Changting, Fujian. Journal of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning (2024) Vol. 6: 11-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jceup.2024.060102.

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