| Based on the list of Chinese traditional villages, combined with physical geography and economic and social data, this paper uses the GIS spatial analysis method to select the nearest distance, geographical concentration index, nuclear density and other analysis models, and reveals the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of the architectural heritage of traditional villages in Hunan Province.?Research has found that the nearest point index of traditional village architectural heritage in Hunan Province, R=0.64<1, indicates that these villages tend to be clustered and have a spatial distribution type of agglomeration.?The spatial Gini coefficient G=0.3 for the distribution of traditional villages in 14 cities and states in Hunan Province indicates that their distribution is uneven and not clustered in each city and state.?Nuclear density analysis found that traditional villages have formed three distinct clusters throughout the province, namely Huaihua, Xiangxi Zhangjiajie, and Yongzhou Chenzhou regions. These three clusters account for nearly 80% of traditional villages in the province.?The differences in economic and social development are the dominant factors causing this spatial differentiation feature; In addition, the ratio of per capita GDP to land development intensity, per capita GDP to highway density, and highway density to distance from the water system have strong explanatory power for this spatial differentiation phenomenon, indicating that this spatial differentiation is the result of the synergistic effect of various influencing factors. |