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Table 3 Classification and weight of cultural heritage sites

From: Large-scale cultural heritage conservation and utilization based on cultural ecology corridors: a case study of the Dongjiang-Hanjiang River Basin in Guangdong, China

Factor

Analysis

Classification Index

Evaluation

Value

Weight

Area scale

Classified into four different levels of scale: Heritage Monuments (Ancient Sites, Ancient Tombs, Ancient Buildings, Grottoes and Stone Carvings, Modern Historical Sites and Buildings), Chinese Traditional Villages, Characteristic Towns and Villages, and Ancient Cities. According to the scale level, a certain buffer zone is given as the area of the heritage site (m2, km2)

Heritage Monuments

200 m2

1

0.41

Chinese Traditional Villages

1 km2

2

Characteristic Towns and Villages

2 km2

3

Ancient Cities

2.5 km2

4

Existence age

The earlier the age of existence, the higher the value of heritage

The Republic of China era, Modern times

Modern times

1

0.13

Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty

Ming-Qing Period

2

Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty

Song- Yuan Period

3

before Tang Dynasty

before Tang Dynasty

4

Conservation level

According to the grading standards of China's immovable cultural heritage

County, unregistered conservation level

County and below

1

0.25

City level

City

2

District level

District

3

Provincial level

Provincial

4

National level

National

5

Proximity

According to the size of the heritage, the buffer zone is set up, and the number of heritage points covered within the buffer zone is counted (number)

< 5

lower

1

0.21

< 10

Low

2

< 15

Medium

3

< 20

High

4

> 20

Higher

5