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Architecture and Urbanism Protection and utilization of traditional villages

Figure 10. The relationship between traditional villages and urban and rural development environment. Source: Compiled for the present study.
proportion coming from domestic tourism. In particular, Ecological Belt and integrating local cultural features.
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the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area city During weekends and holidays, people will visit Dongqing
cluster has a strong leisure tourism consumption market Lake Wetland Park after work, hike the characteristic
and great advantages in the development of cultural and waterfront trestle Caolong Bridge, and touring the Qiufeng
tourism industry. In recent years, due to the continuous Pier. According to the interviews, the traffic of Qinghu
expansion of cultural tourism space, people’s choice of Village section of Dongqing Lake Wetland Park alone can
tourism space has long extended from scenic spots and reach 2,000 – 3,000 people/day on weekends . The demand
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resorts to suburban and rural diversified choices, and for tourism driven by the greeneries of Dongqing Lake has
the construction of beautiful countryside has become an further expanded the new space for tourism development.
important aspect of the future ecological and environmental Utilizing the environmental resources and creating project
health development of the Greater Bay Area. As a national clusters around the supporting facilities of Dongqing
historical and cultural city, many historical sites and Lake and the Ecological Belt, and their complementary
cultural monuments are still retained in Dongguan City. relationship can create development opportunities for
In the past 3 years, Dongguan City has received an average Jiangbian villages by attracting investments through
of about 19 million tourist arrivals each year, accounting infrastructure development.
for about 8% of the entire Guangdong Province. As a
historical and cultural tourism hub in the Guangdong- 3.2. Development opportunities driven by “one
Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Dongguan will industrial area and nine towns” in Songshan Lake
undoubtedly become one of the most promising areas in functional area
the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area city Relying on the strong radiating grid of the Songshan
cluster. With rich cultural tourism resources, under the Lake Park, the town of Qishi will play an important role
strategic rural revitalization and the construction of the in shaping the regional production and collaboration
Great Bay Area, the villages in Dongguan awaits a beautiful network by taking the initiative to undertake the industrial
and major construction. spillover from Shenzhen and integrating into the web
The natural environment and the geographical of the innovation resources of the Songshan Lake Park.
conditions of the mountains and waters of Jiangbian Under the coordination of Songshan Lake (Ecological
Village have opened up another space for tourism Park Management Committee), major industries will be
development. Dongguan Ecological Belt (Qishi section) of introduced into the 607 hectares of land in the Eastern
the full line through, based on perfecting the supporting Industrial Park (Qishi precinct) making it a new industrial
facilities, several landscape nodes such as Wong Tai Sin carrier. The rise of its industrial sector will bring employment
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Park and Water Resources Science Education Park are opportunities to about 100,000 people . As the 2.0 version
linked together to become a good place for recreational of Songshan Lake Park, the goals of Songshan Lake East
activities. In addition, Dongqing Lake Wetland Park is the Industrial Park area are more on the construction of living
“green heart” of Qishi Town and even the eastern part of support, laying a good foundation for the development
Dongguan, surrounded by peaks, mountains, and lakes; of high-end industries in the future, and driving the
Dongqing Lake Wetland Park is adjacent to Jiangbian development of the surrounding area with the construction
Village across the Hubanling Mountain. The park has of supporting areas, so that the surrounding residents can
become a prominent place in the region by utilizing the benefit from the development of the park. Under the high-
density concentration of diversified enterprises, relying on
7 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA)
includes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 8 An interview recorded by the author on December 20, 2022,
the Macau Special Administrative Region, and the cities of with the person in charge of the entrance to Qinghu Village,
Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Dongqinghu Wetland Park, Qishi Town.
Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province 9 Data source: Songshan Lake East Industrial Park Planning,
(Chen et al., 2010). 2019.

Volume 5 Issue 1 (2023) 8 https://doi.org/10.36922/jcau.406