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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Urban features of PRD in online image

Table 8. Central towns identified through overlay analysis of image tags and textual imagery
Image first tag Text type Comprehensive feature Central towns
evaluation
Plants, architecture Agricultural innovation Agricultural innovation Changping town, Fenggang town, Taihe town, Xiaolan town, Lishui
type town town, Hetang town, Mingcheng town, Nishan town, Yishan town,
Baishao town, Mingcheng town
Plants, architecture Rural cultural tourism type Agriculture and tourism Duozhu town, Baitu town, Sanxiang town, Gonghe town, Shuikou
town town, Nanfeng town, Yuelao town, Jiangtun town, Jianggao town,
Gangping town, Jilong town, Didou town, Mocun town
Plants Eco-developmental Eco-town Xiqiao town, Hainan town
Architecture, urban Industrial development Industrial town Xinwei town, Dalang town, Shiling town, Shijie town, Shilou town,
events type Beijiao town, Jinli town, Shuangshui town, Lechong town, Yangcun
town, Shiwan town
Architecture, urban Modern style service type Modern-style service town Xintang town, Chang’an town, Houjie town, Tangxia town, Zhongxin
events town, Zhangmutou town, Longjiang town, Shiwan town, Humen
town, Zhonglutan town, Nanjie town, Luoyang town, Lianhua town,
Jiangkou town, Pingsha town, Yong’an town, Xinqiao town, Leiping
town, Gujing town
Traditional towns Historical and cultural Rural cultural and tourism Yuezhen town, Doumen town
tourism type town

Figure 7. Spatial layout of the central town for the joint selection of images and textual image

This study introduces a novel approach to summarizing distinct developmental categories, scientifically identify
the components of town images using internet-based towns with notable features, and provide a foundation
methodologies, thereby optimizing the research paradigm for optimizing urban spatial design and formulating
for town image analysis from an online perspective. The development countermeasures for small towns.
empirical results highlight the spatial morphological At present, the focus of city and town image research
characteristics of urban images through integrated image has gradually shifted from traditional media commentary
and text analysis. These findings classify small towns into to leveraging spatial representations derived from extensive

Volume 7 Issue 2 (2025) 12 https://doi.org/10.36922/jcau.5733