Research hotspots and trends of preservation and renewal of historical and cultural districts Bibliometric Analysis Based on CNKI Chinese Core Journals

Abstract

This paper aims to reveal the research hotspot of preservation and renewal of historical and cultural districts in China and predict the future trend. We use CiteSpace software to analyze China's development and current situation in this field from multiple perspectives, as well as the overall evolution path from 1993 to 2022. Based on the data analysis of the Chinese core journal catalog in the CNKI database and 1288 related research articles included in the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index database, this study uses the advantages of Citespace bibliometric visualization software to study and analyze the contents of regions, institutions, scholars and literature keywords.  Although China is increasingly rich in research perspectives, models, strategies, and other aspects in this research field, the cooperation between research institutions and researchers in different regions is not strong, and the core team of authors with significant influence has yet to be formed. On the level of research, the content of mesoscopic and microscopic analysis is relatively affluent, while the macro level research needs to be developed. Sudden change data shows that the focus of this research field in the early stage was to focus on the old city reconstruction, followed by the emphasis on heritage protection, traffic optimization, tourism development, and other hot spots, and now it is to focus on the combination of "spatial production" and renewal and make full use of big data. Since Chinese cities are constantly improving their competitiveness, future studies in this field tend to combine cultural heritage, art, science, and technology to meet urban development needs. By analyzing and sorting out the current research status, hotspots, and possible development trends in this field, this paper hopes to provide more references for the implementation of the research.