Research On The Evaluation Of Public Spacevitality Of Traditional Villages Based On "publicspace&Public Life Survey"

The public space of traditional villages is not only open space for villagers’ leisure and communication,but also important places to inherit the traditional culture.Dynamic public space can increase the participation of villagers and their interactions,which is beneficial to inherit and developing the unique culture of traditional villages as well as improving villagers’ sense of belonging.Thus it is of great significance to increase the attraction and vitality of village public space.Compared with those in cities,public space in traditional villages face problems like less investment,poor facilities,less supervision and maintenance,all of which greatly reduce their vitality.Therefore,it is of necessity to establish a complete system to scientifically and effectively evaluate and analyze the vitality of public places in traditional villages,and to put forward guiding strategies for improving their vitality.Based on relevant research at home and abroad,the author found few researches on the vitality of public places in traditional villages and on its evaluation system,and hoped to make supplements with this thesis.Through the collection of relevant theories and current situation of public spaces in traditional villages,the author gave simple definitions to public spaces,public spaces in traditional villages and vitality of public spaces in traditional villages,and categorizes public spaces in traditional villages into three types from the perspective of events occurred in public spaces.Besides,Delphi method was used to analyze factors that influenced the vitality of public space in traditional villages,selected and screened vitality indicators of public space in traditional villages.Moreover,analytic hierarchy process and Delphi method were used to categorize related vitality indicators and give them weights,in order to establish an indicator system to evaluate the vitality of public space in traditional villages.In addition,SD method was adopted to create the five-level scoring standard of relevant indicators and the five-level classification standard of public space vitality.To put the evaluation indicator system of vitality into real practice,the author not only designed questionnaires based on vitality indicators,the standard of scoring questionnaires and therules of filling them,but also tested the questionnaires to ensure the reliability of the data sources.The establishment of the evaluation indicator system and the design of questionnaires improved the evaluation system for vitality of public space in traditional villages.An example was used in the thesis to verify the vitality evaluation system.Taking the example of Laoche River Village,in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture of Hunan Province,the author classified public space in the village and selected every type of public space.Through field investigations and interviews,the author determined baishou corridor,canteen and lotus pond corridor as research subjects,and carried out specific questionnaires,field counting and random interviews.With the vitality indicator evaluation system analyzing the collected data and the evaluation model classifying vitality of public space,analyzing related indicators,and comparing related data,five strategies have been put forward to promote the vitality of public space in traditional villages.