Selection of Urban Style and Features of Haixi Prefecture Based on Cluster Analysis

Abstract

The accelerated urbanization has led to increasingly prominent problems such as seriously convergent urban style and inadequate features. Based on 3 types of targets and 11 types of elements, a town style index system is constructed, and quantitative analysis method combining descriptive, principal component and clustering is taken to investigate the common and distinctive features of 22 towns and cities in Haixi Prefecture, so that style and features can be selected for each town. The analysis results indicate that urban style and features of Haixi Prefecture are manifested in the two primary aspects of natural and artificial elements, but humanistic element is insufficient. Where, the style and features of 9 towns are dominated by natural elements, that of another 9 towns is dominated by artificial elements, and that of the remaining 4 towns is dominated by humanistic elements. Hence, attention should be given to the exploration of urban regional cultural elements in actual protection to provide an important support and reference for the inheritance and development of style and features.