Rural Public Space Design and Behavioral Characteristics: A Case Study of Nanuo Village, Yunnan Province

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10.2991/978-94-6463-815-8_53How to use a DOI?

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traditional village; public space; design renewal; rural revitalization

Abstract

As urbanization accelerates, China's traditional villages are facing multiple challenges, including weakened cultural identity, ecological destruction, and social structural transformation. As a region characterized by both cultural diversity and ecological sensitivity, the heritage protection and spatial design renewal needs of traditional villages in Yunnan Province are particularly urgent. This research takes the traditional village of Nanuo in Yuanjiang County, Yunnan Province, as a case study to systematically examine the characteristics of public space usage behaviour and satisfaction levels through a questionnaire survey. The results indicate that public spaces, as the core carriers of villagers’ daily lives, have overall low satisfaction levels, with cultural element design and spatial functional design configuration performing the worst. Usage behaviour exhibits significant generational differences, with the elderly group having significantly higher average daily usage duration than the young and middle-aged groups. Villagers have urgent needs for basic services such as resting space design and sanitation facilities. Based on these findings, a three-pronged renewal strategy of ‘cultural integration, functional optimisation, and technological enhancement’ is proposed: cultural identity is established through the application of ethnic patterns, functional layout design is improved, and modern technologies such as modular sanitation units are adopted to enhance service efficiency, providing theoretical and practical basis for the renewal of public spaces in traditional villages.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ling Zhang
AU  - Jin Xu
AU  - Yiran Yang
AU  - Yujie Fan
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/08/13
TI  - Rural Public Space Design and Behavioral Characteristics: A Case Study of Nanuo Village, Yunnan Province
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 4th International Conference on Art Design and Digital Technology (ADDT 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 497
EP  - 503
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-815-8_53
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-815-8_53
ID  - Zhang2025
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