Study of Social Behaviors and Communal Space in the Process of Rural Urbanization -Case Study of Anhui Province, China

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Study of Social Behaviours and Communal Space in the Process of Rural Urbanization
– Case Study of Anhui Province, China

CHE YUANYUAN
Department of Architecture
and Architectural Engineering
The Graduate School
Yonsei University


In the process of rural urbanization in China, the pressing need in land acquisition stemming from greater demand in industrial and commercial land use has led to
a large-scaled rural housing demolition and community resettlement movement. Unfortunately, the communal space and social interactions that were once closely associated with rural housing architecture were inevitably displaced in the design of new resettlement community as a compensation for people who have lost their original houses. In this study, the change in social interactions among residents and the change in spatial and social aspects of the communal space together with their influence on community scale in the transition from traditional rural community to the resettlement community will be carefully reviewed.

To begin with, an observation was carried out to acquire an insight of the social interactions and diverse community space in the existing communities currently. Following that, an online survey with 15 questions was conducted among 251 respondents who have been living in the traditional rural communities or resettlement communities for a substantial amount of time. This survey was conducted to figure out the perceptions of these stakeholders in face of the changes in social interactions and community space. With that, the method Ten Circulation Tool and spatial depth analysis were then designed to analyze the community scale change. In a nutshell, community space and social interaction are identified as both physical and social components in establishing and maintaining a community with varied spatial and social community scale. In support of that, both on-site observation and online survey studies have revealed that the residents who had been living in the traditional rural communities have demonstrated a stronger sense of belonging to the community that they had previously lived in. Finally, through my research and study, the phenomenon of difference regarding the scale of communities can be observed between traditional rural communities and resettlement communities.