Assessing Industrial Past and Cultural Changes in Industrial Lands along the Hangzhou Section of the Grand Canal in China

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This paper presents a comprehensive research framework to understand the industrial past, typical cultural change and its gain and loss of Chinese Grand Canal through high-resolution satellite imageries, archival data, and field work. The exploratory and conservation of the Grand Canal Culture have been always discussed in these years, but few of them pay attentions to the industrial lands and its heritages. Therefore, the work has provided readers plentiful information in terms of the industrial evolution and cultural changes along the Hangzhou Section of Chinese Grand Canal. In general, this is a well-developed piece of work including conceptualization, data analysis and writing. I suggest it could be accepted after minor revision by the journal of Land. I have few suggestions for further improvements.

1. Date Resources section, a clear list of the main datasets (including name, spatial resolution, source) could be added. 

2. Please minimize the number of the figures (for example in the Discussion section). 

3. The authors need to more emphasize that what are their specific contributions, such as more precise results, better analysis in the Conclusion part.

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

 Assessing Industrial Past and Cultural Change over Industrial  Lands along Hangzhou Section of Chinese Grand Canal

 

Abstract

The first sentence of this work long and should be reduced. While the subsequent sentence has many grammatical errors and should be rephrased. The materials used such as satellite images, the authors should provide specifications instead of being generic. Generally, this abstract should be rewritten.. it is not coherent because it does not results and implication of the study as per the topic

 

Introduction

This part of the paper is characterised by long sentences and should also be reworked on by the authors. In this section also, authors should provide justification for studying land and cultural changes, but also present objectives of this study. Generally, the variables in the topic should be presented in more detail in the introduction such as methods of assessing change, cultural change and land etc.

 

2.2 Data Resources and Acquisition

Provide a reference for the reports accessed but also images, photos etc. For google earth, also show the period and images and angle.

 

Results

Much as the results are well presented, can the authors reduce the number of photos or figures

Conclusion

Here the authors should provide justifications of global importance

 

Generally,

Author should demonstrate further implications and value of these changes to World heritage centre, field of remote sensing, and ranking/score methodology proposed

Author Response

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Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The Grand Canal in China is an important cultural heritage and tourist attraction, with significant cultural and economic development value.

Zhejiang Province has a relatively high level of economic development. In the process of economic development, research on how to effectively improve the utilization efficiency of ancient sites and enhance the land use value of cultural heritage is of great value.

This study focuses on these issues and uses land use data from the area where the Grand Canal site is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, which has good research value. Propose the following questions for the authors to refer to.

1-The introduction section of the current research is relatively short, which can appropriately elaborate on the important value and unique cultural attributes of the Grand Canal, a typical linear cultural heritage. Compare cultural heritage sites from other regions of the world.

2-The selection of industrial sites plays an important role in the research of this article, therefore it is necessary to effectively elaborate on the selection criteria for the industrial sites studied in this study.

3-The display method of land use changes in industrial sites needs to be clear and clear, and the classification results of land use need to be provided for different eras.

4-It is best to provide quantitative analysis results in the discussion section to better support the research findings of this article.

5-The conclusion section can provide some tips on methodology papers, which can better facilitate the development of similar research in other regions of the world.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The paper has good readability. At present, the article is relatively long and can be refined appropriately.

Author Response

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Round 2

Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The article has been revised. The fifth point needs further refinement.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The article has good readability.

Author Response

For research article

 

Title: Assessing Industrial Past and Cultural Change over Industrial Lands along Hangzhou Section of Chinese Grand Canal

 

Response to Reviewer 3 Comments (second round)
1. Summary
Thank you again for taking the time to review our manuscript entitled “Assessing Industrial Past and Cultural Change over Industrial Lands along Hangzhou Section of Chinese Grand Canal” (land-3018383) at a second round. We do apologize for the flaw on our response letter to you at the very first round. Now the fifth point has been completely addressed. Please find the detailed responses below and all the corresponding revision parts highlighted in purple in the new submission.
2. Questions for General Evaluation	Reviewer’s Evaluation
Does the introduction provide sufficient background and include all relevant references?	Can be improved
Are all the cited references relevant to the research?	NOT FOUND
Is the research design appropriate?	Yes
Are the methods adequately described?	Can be improved
Are the results clearly presented?	Yes
Are the conclusions supported by the results?	Can be improved
3. Point-by-point response to Comments
Comment: The article has been revised. The fifth point needs further refinement. Response: Thanks for you and we agree with it. All the comments from reviewers like you do have helped us to improve our manuscript. And the fifth point reviewed by you were addressed as following.   Comments 5: It is best to provide quantitative analysis results in the discussion section to better support the research findings of this article. Response 5: Agree. We compiled a Gradual Change Figure (see Figure 15) to more clearly interpreted the quantitative results of Figure 9. Meanwhile, we added and enriched an independent paragraph in Discussion section to both qualitatively and quantitatively analyze the result of that assessment, which can more firmly support our findings. The revised part was on Discussion part, page 24-26, line 518-551.   For the revised manuscript at second round, please see the attached PDF.

 

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