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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Cultural landscape in Huizhou City

Table 1. Indicator system for cultural landscape factors in traditional villages, Huizhou City
Cultural landscape level Cultural landscape factor Reference values of the cultural landscape factor Indicator type
classification
Natural ecological Topography 1. Mountains Data-type
landscape features 2. Mountain basins
3. Hills
4. Tablelands
5. Plains
Elevation 1. Altitude ≤50 m Data-type
2. Altitude 51 – 300 m
3. Altitude 301 – 600 m
4. Altitude 601 – 900 m
5. Altitude >901 m
Elevation angle 1. ≤5° Data-type
2. 6 – 15°
3. 16 – 25°
4. 26 – 35°
5. 36 – 45°
6. >45°
Village setting 1. Close to both the mountains and the water Data-type
2. Close to the mountains and far away from the water
3. Far away from the mountains and close to the water
4. Far away from the mountains and far away from the water
River relations 1. Coastal Data-type
2. Around the river
3. Closer to the river
4. Close to the river (farther than 3, closer than 5)
5. Far away from the river
Water level 1. Large river basins: basin area ≥1001 km 2 Data-type
2. Medium-sized river basins: 501–1000 km 2
3. Small river basins: 101–500 km 2
4. Micro river basins: ≤100 km 2
Village spatial form Village texture pattern 1. Comb layout Data-type
features 2. Group layout
3. Dense layout
4. Free layout
5. Line layout
6. Free-standing layout
7. Walled layout
Village area 1. Micro ≤2 hectares Data-type
2. Small: 2–5 hectares
3. Medium: 5–10 hectares
4. Large: 10–20 hectares
5. Super-large: ≥20 hectares
Ratio of the natural Area of the natural landscape such as farmland, windswept Data-type
landscape area to the floor ponds, and windswept forests/traditional built-up area
area
Village orientation 1. Sitting north to south Data-type
2. Sitting south to north
3. Sitting east to west
4. Sitting west to east
5. Multi-facing
Traditional street structures 1. Main road introduction Descriptive-type
2. Through the village
3. Around the village
4. Branching off
5. Vertically and horizontally gridded
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Volume 5 Issue 4 (2023) 5 https://doi.org/10.36922/jcau.1311