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Figure 7. Stress map for tourists to the public space of Jinggang historic town. Note: LS: Level of stress. Source: Satellite map

of the Lujiang River predominantly comprises wetlands north bank of the Lujiang River and exhibit consistently
and water trestles interspersed with scattered residential low LS with minimal fluctuation.
houses, exhibiting minimal tourism or commercial The spatial distribution of the physical environment
activity. SP1, SP6, and SP15 are prominent stress data (Figure 8A and B) reveals a distinct circular pattern
centers. Particularly, SP1 is a modern-style boutique in T and RH. Specifically, T exhibits a gradual decrease
hotel featuring tree houses and swimming pools. Its a a
architectural design deviates from the traditional style from north to south, while RH shows an increasing trend
of the historic street and is accompanied by symphonic along the same direction. This observed spatial continuity
music broadcasts. Figure 7 reveals clear spatial differences can be attributed to the cooling effect caused by elevated
in the gradient change of the LS distribution. Notably, air humidity in its surrounding environment (Zhang et al.,
these gradient changes are particularly noticeable on 2023). The ESPL distribution exhibits a uniform pattern,
the south bank. On the north bank of the Lujiang River, with higher ESPL observed at SP10, SP15, and SP16
SP1 – SP7 are residential areas on both sides of a 3 – (Figure 8C). This result can be attributed to the presence
4-m-wide street. As the landscape on one side of the of vendors at SP10, who persistently employ loudspeakers
street gradually changes to the water view of the Lujiang for selling purposes. In addition, SP15 is near the Guanyin
River (SP8 – SP12), LS starts to decrease. SP13 – SP18 Temple, where monks’ chants contribute to the ambient
are also residential areas on both sides of the street. The noise level. Furthermore, the northern side of SP16 faces
height-to-width ratio of the street gradually decreases, a highway outside the historic town, resulting in increased
and the space becomes more spacious. However, the LS traffic-generated noise and elevated ESPL at both SP15 and
also gradually increases. SP19 – SP26 are situated on the SP16. The WS distribution at the SPs in the eastern part of

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