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Evolution Characteristics and Development Mechanism of Rural Settlement Spatial Form Under the Guidance of Chinese Policies—A Case Study of Central Village in Huotong Town, Fujian Province

by
Jia Li
1,2,
Manfei Ye
2,
Minghui Xue
3,4,*,
Lin Geng
3,4,* and
Fengzeng Lin
3,4
1
College of Art, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
2
China Urban Development Planning & Design Consulting Co., Ltd., Beijing 100004, China
3
School of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
4
Key Laboratory of Cold Region Urban and Rural Human Settlement Environment Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin 150001, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Buildings 2025, 15(24), 4424; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15244424 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 9 October 2025 / Revised: 13 November 2025 / Accepted: 23 November 2025 / Published: 7 December 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Renewal Design and Challenge of Urban and Rural Livable Environments in the Age of Population Shrinkage)
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Abstract

Against the backdrop of global rural decline and China’s Rural Revitalization Strategy (2017–2050), this study examines the spatial form evolution and development mechanism of Central Village in Huotong Town, Ningde. To achieve this, it employs field surveys, spatial mapping, and hierarchical element analysis to analyze the village’s scale, architectural texture, street interfaces, and landscape nodes. Results show three evolutionary stages: pre-2017 traffic-guided disorderly expansion, 2017–2020 policy-driven orderly planning, and post-2020 stock optimization, forming an “oval radial” structure constrained by the southern hills and Huotong River. The spatial structure shifted from a “kinship-based agglomeration” to a multi-center model, yet contradictions like historical texture damage and excessive street commercialization emerged. Its development is driven by four linked factors: policy, the market, socio-culture issues, and nature. This study offers references for similar rural settlements’ spatial planning and sustainability.
Keywords: rural settlement spatial form; rural revitalization strategy; Huotong Town; evolution mechanism rural settlement spatial form; rural revitalization strategy; Huotong Town; evolution mechanism

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Li, J.; Ye, M.; Xue, M.; Geng, L.; Lin, F. Evolution Characteristics and Development Mechanism of Rural Settlement Spatial Form Under the Guidance of Chinese Policies—A Case Study of Central Village in Huotong Town, Fujian Province. Buildings 2025, 15, 4424. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15244424

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Li J, Ye M, Xue M, Geng L, Lin F. Evolution Characteristics and Development Mechanism of Rural Settlement Spatial Form Under the Guidance of Chinese Policies—A Case Study of Central Village in Huotong Town, Fujian Province. Buildings. 2025; 15(24):4424. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15244424

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Li, Jia, Manfei Ye, Minghui Xue, Lin Geng, and Fengzeng Lin. 2025. "Evolution Characteristics and Development Mechanism of Rural Settlement Spatial Form Under the Guidance of Chinese Policies—A Case Study of Central Village in Huotong Town, Fujian Province" Buildings 15, no. 24: 4424. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15244424

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Li, J., Ye, M., Xue, M., Geng, L., & Lin, F. (2025). Evolution Characteristics and Development Mechanism of Rural Settlement Spatial Form Under the Guidance of Chinese Policies—A Case Study of Central Village in Huotong Town, Fujian Province. Buildings, 15(24), 4424. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15244424

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