For traditional villages,evaluating one’s emotional perceptions on their environment is of great significance for promoting their sustainable development.Through a case study on traditional villages in China,this res...For traditional villages,evaluating one’s emotional perceptions on their environment is of great significance for promoting their sustainable development.Through a case study on traditional villages in China,this research developed a quantitative approach for studying the influence of environmental elements on emotional perceptions in a wide scope.76 traditional villages across China were selected as cases and the online reviews on these villages were analyzed.Through natural language processing,the emotional perceptions expressed in these reviews were qualified,the environmental elements mentioned in these reviews were extracted,and a lexicon of 14 environmental elements classified into the three categories of settlement,nature,and culture was developed.The correlation between environmental elements and emotional perceptions was then evaluated by measuring perception frequency and perception satisfaction.The in-depth analysis shows that people generally have a positive attitude toward traditional villages.Settlement elements,such as“house”and“public building,”are more frequently perceived than natural and cultural elements,while the latter ones play a positive influence on the emotional perception of reviewers on traditional villages.The methods developed in this research can be used to support the policy-making of protecting and revitalizing traditional villages to balance heritage protection and village development.展开更多
文摘For traditional villages,evaluating one’s emotional perceptions on their environment is of great significance for promoting their sustainable development.Through a case study on traditional villages in China,this research developed a quantitative approach for studying the influence of environmental elements on emotional perceptions in a wide scope.76 traditional villages across China were selected as cases and the online reviews on these villages were analyzed.Through natural language processing,the emotional perceptions expressed in these reviews were qualified,the environmental elements mentioned in these reviews were extracted,and a lexicon of 14 environmental elements classified into the three categories of settlement,nature,and culture was developed.The correlation between environmental elements and emotional perceptions was then evaluated by measuring perception frequency and perception satisfaction.The in-depth analysis shows that people generally have a positive attitude toward traditional villages.Settlement elements,such as“house”and“public building,”are more frequently perceived than natural and cultural elements,while the latter ones play a positive influence on the emotional perception of reviewers on traditional villages.The methods developed in this research can be used to support the policy-making of protecting and revitalizing traditional villages to balance heritage protection and village development.
