Evolution and reconstruction of forest rural landscape driven by tourism
ZHANG Chunyan1, 2, ZI Minggui1, 2, LUO Jing1, 2, CHEN Tianyu1, 2
(1.Key Laboratory for Geographical Process Analysis & Simulation, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China 430079; 2.The College of Urban and Environmental Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China 430079)
Abstract:The modernization driving force generated by the rapid development of urbanization and the mobility force represented by the development of the tourism have a profound impact on the forest rural landscapes. In this article, the core scenic area of Tianzhu Mountain is taken as a case site. Focusing on the three villages that are greatly affected by the development of tourism, a multi-dimensional rural landscape classification index system is established by drawing on the concept of regional landscape and classification theory at home and abroad. Using ArcGIS spatial analysis, qualitative research and other methods, the evolution characteristics of forest rural landscapes driven by tourism are analyzed. The conclusions are as follows. 1) The land use pattern of the core scenic area of Tianzhu Mountain has undergone major changes. Between 2000 and 2020, the area of construction land increased from scattered dots gather into flakes, and the flake area was increasing year by year. 2) The artificial landscape changes are dominated by rural architecture and settlement patterns, showing a trend of shifting from dispersion to agglomeration. Residential areas are mostly distributed along the traffic corridors in a strip shape, and the architectural style follows the traditional Southern Anhui school. 3) Intangible landscapes such as local culture, festivals, and language policies conform to the requirements of the era of cultural and tourism integration, and have gone through the process of fragmentation and marginalization to the center of the tourism field. Resident identity and local identity have also been improved. The rural landscape in the forest area is the carrier of the three-life space, farming civilization, and village context. It plays an important role in the high-quality development pattern of rural tourism in the forest area. The forest rural landscape reconstruction strategies are proposed in order to provide a useful reference for the high-quality and sustainable development of forest rural tourism: protecting the local culture and inheriting local characteristics; strengthening the industry cooperation and highlighting the charm of humanities; conforming to the requirements of the times and innovating development pattern.