Spatial Planning And Improved Traffic Design For Historic District

Other than transportation, those historic districts inside many historical citieslocated at mid-west of China also provide dwelling, recreation, education andcommercial supports. However, due to the high density of population, narrow roads,limited space and outdated infrastructures, those functions have been affected seriously.In order to protect the traditional features of historic districts, reformation of themshould be carried without changing the road network and dimensions. And those areexactly what restrict the traffic development at historical cities.At the beginning of this thesis, base on the understanding of urban road crosssection design standards for relevent cities and site visiting of some historic districts, weget the conclusion that transportation, dwelling, recreation and commercial are the fourmajor functions of historic district roads. Secondly, based on the analysis of impactfactors and components of the cross section for historic district roads, existing problemsand designs for different width roads have been worked out. After that, essential factorsfor the ideal spatial planning of historic districts have been proposed based on theanlaysis of components of historic district road space and the relationship amongbuildings, people and road scale.The influence on traffic of historic districts inside the Ming dynasty city wall ofevolving of Xi’an road system has been summarized by using space syntax to analyzethe road systems of Xi’an during different ages. Improvements have been proposed forexisting problems of historic district road system. At the end, using Xiangzi TempleStreet as an example, improvements of historic district road system and cross sectionhave been provided based on existing traffic condition and analysis result of spacesyntax. Ideas and references to improve traffic capacity and protect historic features havebeen provided by applying space syntax to the analysis of historic district road system.Thus, the quality and value of historic districts have been better promoted andenhanced.