Abstract:

In the past 20 years, Zhejiang Province has always insisted on deepening the “Thousand Village Demonstration and Ten Thousand Village Renovation Project” to create thousands of characteristic villages. In this paper, 16 categories and 5 194 (counting duplicative) characteristic villages officially named in Zhejiang Province were sorted out, and the development evaluation index system of characteristic villages was constructed through model method and GIS geographical analysis, and the development index of characteristic villages was obtained. Moreover, the coupling degree calculation model was used to calculate the three-dimensional and two-dimensional coupling coordination degree index to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of such characteristic villages. The results showed that the characteristic villages in Zhejiang Province can be categorized into three dimensions: residential, cultural, and tourism, with a dominant structure featuring a primary focus on residential aspects and balanced cultural and tourism dimensions. The three types of characteristic villages are generally at the medium level of development, and the leading characteristic villages account for relatively few, showing certain spatial differentiation characteristics. Among the characteristic villages in the province, 92 have realized three-dimensional fusion, 723 have realized two-dimensional fusion, and in general, they are in a high level coupling state.

Key words: characteristic villages, residential, tourism, cultural, coupling degree