Evolution Rules and Spatial Features of Traditional Settlements in Fukou Xing Region

摘要

cqvip:As one of the eight Taihang passes,Fukou Xing is located in the south of the Taihang Mountains and has been an important passage for Shanxi and Hebei in history.Taking traditional settlements in Fukou Xing Region as research object,using the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer(ASTER) Global Digital Elevation Model(GDEM)(remote sensing measurement of elevation data) and GIS platform,this paper made a quantitative study on traditional settlement space in mountain environment of this region,and studied space parameters including elevation,terrain,aspect,and boundary,observed and summarized the spatial features.In addition,based on the local chronicles of Ming and Qing dynasties,it mutually verified the quantitative conclusions and qualitative cognition,analyzed the evolution rules of traditional settlements in Fukou Xing region,and finally obtained new understandings of spatial features of traditional settlements in Fukou Xing region.