The Renovation And Development Of The Vernacular Landscape Of Settlements In Valleys Of Loess Plateau

Special geographical environment of Loess Plateau makes valley plain the mainagricultural production region and, accordingly traditional settlements have appeared.Withstanding the development of history and change of environment, they are preserved.There is no doubt that they must have some living experience and wisdom ofconforming to natural environment.This paper focuses on the renovation and development model of the vernacularlandscape of settlements in valleys of Loess Plateau area.Integrating the methodology of documents research and social investigation, theoreticalresearch and empirical analysis, this paper tries to comb and analyze the natural factorsand sociocultural factors of the vernacular landscape of traditional settlements by firstanalyzing its composition and influential factors. Then, the landscape style ofsettlements in valleys of Loess Plateau area are further analyzed. On this basis, thispaper intends to offer a deeper insight about internal mechanism and to conclude therenovation regularity of the spatial form of settlements by detailedly investigating,comparing, analyzing and summarizing of representative traditional settlements whichare chosen in line with the empirical study. In the last part, this paper attempts to summarize the factors that help traditional settlements adapt to environmental changes.Through comprehensive analysis of ecological resources, living environment andpreservation and protection of vernacular landscape, this paper proposes two suitabledevelopment model for traditional settlements in valleys: one is led by ecologicalagriculture and the other by agriculture and ecological tourism. In addition, some designprinciples for planning and constructing new rural landscape are concluded.