2023 Vol.2

Resilience Planning of Rural Habitat Environment

Methodology and Practice of Rural Emergency Evacuation Space Planning Based on Resilience Enhancement: A Case Study of Qingjiang Village, Xiasi Town, Guizhou Province

Abstract: Rural emergency evacuation space is the most direct spatial representation of rural disaster prevention resilience, consisting of two parts: shelter and evacuation channels. There is insufficient research on emergency evacuation space in the existing rural comprehensive disaster prevention planning, and there is a lack of scientific and practical emergency evacuation space planning methods. A planning method and technical key points are proposed for rural emergency evacuation space from the perspective of enhancing resilience. By combining rural features to identify spatial vulnerability, it aims to enhance the resilience of emergency evacuation space engineering through multi-regional collaborative disaster prevention spatial planning, simulation optimized evacuation path planning, and facility configuration. By deeply participating in community emergency evacuation capacity training, this paper proposes to establish a rural community emergency response mechanism with local characteristics that involves multi-subject collaboration and multi-stage linkage. In this process, the social resilience is strengthened as well. This method has improved the relevant technical content in rural comprehensive disaster prevention planning.

Resilience Improvement and Planning Response Paths in Cold Rural Areas

Abstract: Due to the rapid development of urbanization, rural areas face various risks and challenges. Under the background of ecological civilization and rural revitalization strategy, the study of rural resilience is mainly about the ability of rural areas to actively adapt to and adjust to external risks, which is helpful to accurately understand the current situation of rural areas and take timely planning measures to promote sustainable development of rural areas. This paper takes Northeast China as an example to analyze the resilience of cold rural areas, and studies the five resilience components and existing problems of rural areas, including ecological resilience, economic resilience, social resilience, cultural resilience and engineering resilience. It further analyzes the significance and impact factors of resilience improvement, explores the planning response paths of resilience improvement of cold rural areas and integrates resilience promotion into territory spatial planning, in order to provide a scientific theoretical basis and methodological support for territory spatial governance.

Construction and Empirical Study of Comprehensive Resilience Index of Rural Human Settlements: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province

Abstract: Based on the concept of resilience and the scientific theory of human settlements, this study proposes the measurement method of hazard and the resilience index of human settlements system. We put forward a comprehensive resilience index to measure the resilience of rural human settlements, and carry out an empirical study with Jiangsu Province as an example. Based on the analysis of existing natural disaster hazards in Jiangsu Province, four hazards are selected as the main disaster threats, namely, earthquake, geological disaster, flood and typhoon. We construct an index system to measure the comprehensive resilience index of rural human settlements in Jiangsu Province in 2016 and 2020. Furthermore, the Moran's Index and Theil index analysis are carried out to systematically discuss the evolution characteristics of the spatial pattern of rural human settlements resilience in Jiangsu Province. The results show that: (1) The comprehensive resilience index presents an overall upward trend, with all sub-systems increasing except for the human system; (2) The comprehensive index of human settlements resilience in Jiangsu Province presents a significant spatial clustering characteristic; (3) The regional difference in the level of the comprehensive index within the province is significant, and the variability within southern Jiangsu area is significantly larger than that in the central and northern Jiangsu areas. From the comprehensive perspective of resilience and hazards, this paper provides a new research idea and direction for the study of resilience in rural human settlements.

Evaluation and Improvement Strategies of Rural Resilience under Public Health Emergencies: A Case Study of Xiangyin County, Hu'nan Province

Abstract: In recent years, public health emergencies have brought great risks to the social and economic development of urban and rural areas. The foundation of public health and emergency management in rural areas is relatively weak and the system is not perfect, which is easy to cause great losses. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to evaluate the resilience ability of rural areas to resist relevant risks and propose corresponding strategies. Taking Xiangyin County of Hu'nan Province as the research object, this paper establishes a resilience index evaluation system based on public health emergencies by referring to the resilience model of "resistance-recovery-adaptation". The weight of each resilience index is determined by the combination of subjective and objective weighting methods, and the 153 villages in Xiangyin County are evaluated and analyzed. The results show that the overall resilience of rural areas in Xiangyin County is low, and the resilience index between villages shows obvious spatial differences. There are four types of high-risk villages: "resistance" fragility, "resilience" fragility, "adaptability" fragility, and "resistance-recovery" fragility. According to the evaluation results, resilience improvement strategies are proposed for different types of villages, in order to provide useful references for resilient rural construction.

Spatial Differentiation Mechanisms and Optimization Strategies of Mountainous Rural Human Settlements System Resilience: A Case Study of Changdu,Tibet

Abstract: Mountainous rural human settlements are characterized by prominent human-land contradiction, scattered resource allocation and fragile ecological environment, and is a major difficulty in the comprehensive realization of rural revitalization strategy. Taking Changdu, Tibet as an example, based on the theory of human settlements system and resilience, this paper establishes the resilience measurement system of "nature-industry-society-residence-support" for mountainous rural human settlements system, analyzes the spatial variation mechanism of system resilience and its coupling coordination degree by means of coupled coordination model, obstacle diagnostic model and Multiscale Geographic Weighted Regression (MGWR), and proposes strategies for optimizing the system resilience of various types of villages driven by different factors. The results show that: (1) rural human settlements system in Changdu generally shows low resilience levels, with high resilience and high coupling coordination areas concentrated around urban areas and river valleys, and generally presents "point cluster" distribution characteristics. (2) Residential conditions and industrial development are the main driving forces of the spatial variation of resilience and coupling coordination of mountainous rural human settlements system. (3) For villages with characteristics of "dysfunctional and declining, transformation and upgrading, and coordinated development", this paper proposes a single-system driven upgrading and multi-system coordinated optimization strategy to provide a reference for the implementation of rural revitalization strategy in mountainous areas.

"Ecological-Social-Livelihood" Coupling Adaptation in the Habitat of "Zhiguo Ethnic Group" Settlement: A Case Study of the Dulong River Basin

Abstract: The term "Zhiguo ethnic group" refers to the Lisu, Nu, and Dulong ethnic groups in Yunnan, China, which have directly transitioned from the late primitive society to the current state. The Dulong river basin in northwest Yunnan is the main settlement area of the Dulong people, one of the "Zhiguo ethnic group", and the unitary nature of the area and the leapfrog historical process make it typical to study the settlement environment in this area. This study examines the spatial and temporal changes of the Dulong people's living environment at three scales: river valley, small watershed, and village, and explores the core influencing factors and mechanisms in the construction of their settlements through field surveys and ethnographic textual combing. Research shows that the Dulong have formed a typical mountain settlement pattern driven by subsistence pressure, and have been adapting their human living space and social organization in the process of shifting from nomadic to agricultural settlement. As an independent habitat unit, Dulong settlements form a multi-scale nested spatial system pattern under the influence of different factors in the short to long term, and in the process of formation and evolution, they establish an ecological-social-livelihood coupled adaptation mechanism.

Planning Strategies to Enhance Resilience of Rural Communities: A Case Study of Beigou Village in Beijing

Abstract: With the progress of urbanization in China, rural communities are facing multiple complex challenges and the contradiction among development needs. The unique adaptability and self-regulatory "community resilience" of the rural community system have attracted much attention. How to enhance community resilience in rural planning needs in-depth research and discussion. This paper takes the planning practice of Beigou Village in Beijing as an example, studies the literature and analyzes the concept of resilience of rural communities, and proposes the idea of analyzing the characteristics and changes based on four dimensions of ecology, economy, society and culture, so as to construct a planning strategy framework for improving the resilience of rural communities. Years of planning practice in Beigou Village show that fully respecting the basic law of rural development in rural planning and appropriately maintaining the complexity and diversity can effectively gradually restore and improve the comprehensive resilience of rural communities and promote sustainable development of rural communities.